WI go 1-0 up against Bangladesh

All-rounder Kieron Pollard scored 89 runs and Denesh Ramdin hit 74 as West Indies rallied beat Bangladesh by 3 wickets in their opening one-day international cricket match at National Stadium in Grenada on Wednesday. With five 4s and six 6s off 70 balls, Pollard added a critical 145 facing 132 deliveries with fellow Trinidadian Ramdin after the Windies had slumped to 34 for the loss of five wickets. The hosts eventually got home at 219-7 off 39.4 overs after Bangladesh reached 217-9 from its 50 overs. Al-Amin Hossain took 4-51 from 8.4 overs for the tourists, whose 21-year-old opener Anamul Haque hammered 109 off 138 balls after being sent in by the Caribbean, according to a news agency.