Incessant rain spoiled the return of international cricket for Dominica as the first T20I of the three-match series between West Indies and Bangladesh at Windsor Park was declared with no results on Saturday.
Coming to bat after a delayed start due to heavy overnight rain that left damp areas around the pitch, Bangladesh were limited to 105 for eight in 13 overs in a steady innings, being interrupted twice. Due to which more rain fell from the surrounding mountains of the picturesque plain. Fewer matches wash away any hope of getting results.
Test captain Shakib Al Hasan (29 off 15 balls) and wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan (25 off 15 balls) were the only players who developed any momentum in the tourists’ innings as they played regularly in various home attacks by captain Nicholas Pooran. Lost wickets.
Fast-medium bowler Romario Shepherd led the effort with three wickets for 21 runs in his short allotment of three overs, while leg-spinner Hayden Walsh took two for 24, including the crucial scalp of Shakib, which wicketkeeper- Batsman Devon Thomas caught behind. Returning to international duty at the same venue where he made his West Indies debut in 2009 in a One Day International against the same opponents.
Shepherd blamed Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah for putting the tourists even further behind at 75 for six in the 11th over, though Nurul’s improvisation and aggression, followed by his unbeaten 60 in the second Test in St Lucia five days earlier. His innings of runs favored him. Defendable total expected before being caught at the square leg boundary off Odeon Smith.
Within minutes of his dismissal, however, rain returned for a second time, leaving the umpires with no option but to declare a result in the form of available time, even allowing an immediate restart. , West Indies will not be allowed to face the least. Six overs, and a modified goal on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in response to facilitate a certain result.
Both teams will try again at the same venue in the second match of the series on Sunday, before the scene shifts to Providence Stadium in Guyana, where the final match is to take place on 7 July.
Providence also hosts a three-match ODI series.
West Indies won the Test series 2–0, winning by seven wickets in Antigua and by ten wickets in St. Lucia.
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