KINGSTOWN, Saint Vincent, Sept 7 AFP - Sulieman Benn has claimed five wickets and Darren Bravo snared five catches as the West Indies routed Bangladesh for just 182 to take a 302-run first innings lead at stumps on the third day of the first Test.
After the home side declared their first innings at 484 for seven 80 minutes into the day's play, only top scorer Mominul Haque (51) and captain Mushfiqur Rahim (48 not out) offered any substantial resistance.
First the Windies' fast bowlers and then Benn, with the unexpected support of Jermaine Blackwood (2 for 14), swept through the tourists' batting order.
Benn finished with five for 39, sealing it by having last man Al-Amin Hossain taken by the safe hands of Bravo, who became just the second West Indian fielder after Darren Sammy (against India in Mumbai in 2013) to take five catches in a Test innings.
The dismissal just before the close of play means the West Indies will be left to ponder overnight on whether they should enforce the follow-on or bat a second time.
After losing their first two wickets cheaply to Kemar Roach and Jerome Taylor in the hour they faced to the lunch interval, Mominul and Shamsur Rahman (35) revived the Bangladeshi effort in the afternoon session with a 68-run third-wicket partnership.
But Shamsur fell to Benn and Mominul departed for 51 to the last ball before tea, caught behind down the leg-side off Shannon Gabriel.
Mushfiqur was the only one left to offer any further resistance but he was helpless as the wickets tumbled at the other end.
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