Ebadot shines with ball in warm-up match

Right-arm Bangladeshi pacer Ebadot Hossian scalped three wickets on the second day of the three-day practice match between Bangladesh XI and Cricket West Indies President XI in Antigua on Saturday, reports UNB.

Bangladesh scored 310 for seven and declared their first innings. Tamim Iqbal scored 162 for the visitors.

In reply, CWI President XI scored 201 for four at the end of day two. Jeremy Solozano of CWI President XI scored 89 and remained unbeaten while Tagenarine Chanderpaul scored 59 for them.

For Bangladesh, Ebadot bagged three wickets conceding 51 runs in 12 overs while Rejaur Rahman Raja took one wicket.

After this match, Bangladesh and West Indies will take on each other in a two-match Test, three-match ODI and three-match T20 series.

The first Test of the series will begin on June 16 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and the second Test will be played at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia from June 24.

While the first two T20s will be played at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica on July 2 and 3 respectively, the third T20 and all three ODIs will be played at Providence Stadium, Guyana on July 10, 13 and 16 respectively.