Marlon Samuels Bangladesh v West Indies at Dhaka, Dec 5,
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Bangladesh
227 (49.1 ov)
West Indies 228/6 (47.0 ov)
West Indies won by 4 wickets (with
18 balls remaining)
46.6
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Mashrafe Mortaza to Thomas, FOUR, edged and four! that was outside the off stump, he went out to
fiddle at it, got an edge and flies between the keeper and the slip, goes to
the fence to win West Indies the game
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In the end, a win by four wickets and with three overs to spare seems
like it was an easy victory but truth be told, the difference between the two
teams was the one man, Marlon Samuels.
Samuels' century was one of the most calculated and matured knocks you
would see on a track that a lot of purchase for the spinners. In fact, the
Bangladeshi batsmen would do well to watch tapes of how he batted, they would
learn a lot after they collapsed yet again to be restricted to only 227.
Kudos to the way Bangladesh fought as well, other teams may have
thrown in the towel pretty early but the home side did not, and this is an
attitude that will hold them in good stead for the rest of the series.
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WI Vs Bangladesh |
Samuels,
Powell put WI in control
The pitch had plenty to
keep the spinners interested under lights, but West Indies ensured no repeat of
the top-order collapse in the second ODI in Mirpur, and progressed steadily
towards the target of 228. Marlon Samuels looked ominous with a half-century,
with a steady Kieran Powell for company.
Bangladesh expectedly opened with a spinner, Sohag Gazi, to
exploit the bounce with the new ball. However, it was a seamer, Mashrafe
Mortaza, who got the first wicket. Chris Gayle, unusually tepid all tour, was
dismissed before he could get his eye in, fending a slower ball and popping a
catch to the wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim. Mortaza tested Gayle earlier with
fuller deliveries that moved away, and it looked like a wicket was always
around the corner.
Samuels and Powell managed to get on top of the bowling because
they used their feet well. Powell set the tone early when he charged Gazi and
lofted inside out over extra cover for the first six of the innings. A feature
of Samuels' knock was his willingness to play the ball late, waiting for it to
turn before hitting. He used the crease well, going back at the crease to slap
it square on the off side or delicately dab it away to pick up singles. If the
ball was tossed up wide outside off, he waited and crashed it off the front
foot past cover. Brute power and bat speed stood out in the way he fetched his
boundaries.
Mortaza couldn't sustain the pressure after dimissing Gayle,
bowling too short and wide outside off to Samuels who didn't hold back in
smashing it over backward point. Spin was Bangladesh's best bet, as there was
enough bite and turn to keep them interested. Powell was squared up by one ball
from Gazi that straightened and nearly took off stump; Samuels was hit on the
pads on a few occasions with the turn and bounce getting the better of him. The
spinners did bowl a few half trackers, which were duly punished. Besides
Samuels, the other challenge for the bowlers was the dew.
Marlon Samuels Profile:
Marlon
Samuels is a right-hander of immense ability, who has so far struggled to
realise his potential, thanks to the various controversies he has been
embroiled in. When he started his Test career at 19, without yet representing
his native Jamaica in a first-class match, his composure and skill prompted
comparisons - quite unfairly - with Viv Richards. His technique was near to
faultless, and he exudes a bull-headed confidence - he used to skip his
schoolwork on the basis that exams were irrelevant to future Test cricketers.
However,
that confidence, which often overflowed into perceived arrogance, has landed
him in plenty of trouble. It almost got him sent home from India late in 2002
after he defied a team curfew - but he was kept on, and responded with his a
disciplined maiden Test century in Kolkata. His lack of consistency meant he
remained an irregular member of the team in the 2000s, but just before his
selection for the 2007 World Cup, he was drawn into a major controversy after
Nagpur police alleged that he passed on match-related information to an alleged
bookie ahead of an ODI against India. He was included in the World Cup squad
despite the ICC's investigations into the issue, where he only briefly shone,
ending the tournament by running out Brian Lara in his last international
innings.
He was
called for the World Twenty20 in South Africa in 2007, but the match-fixing
allegations reared its head in 2008 when he was found guilty of "receiving
money, or benefit or other reward that could bring him or the game of cricket
into disrepute." Samuels was subsequently banned for two years, at a time
when West Indies desperately needed solidity in their middle-order. He returned
to the West Indies Test and ODI teams in 2011, but it was only on the tour to
England in 2012 that he finally showed what he was capable of. Against a
top-class bowling attack in difficult conditions, Samuels scored 386 runs in
five innings, with a century and three fifties, defying the England bowlers
every time with his correct technique and classy strokeplay. Later that year
came a highlight of his career: a gutsy, snappy 78 in the World Twenty20 final
against Sri Lanka, which lifted West Indies out of a hole and to their first
world title since the 1979 World Cup.
Beauty of the Match:
44.6
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Rubel Hossain to Samuels, SIX, and again, fuller, faster and it goes off the bat really quickly as
well, and over the long-off fence for a six! 24 off the over takes West
Indies to within 10 runs of their first win this series
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44.5
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Rubel Hossain to Samuels, no run, wild swing this time, beaten but
misses the stumps, goes through to the keeper
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44.4
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Rubel Hossain to Samuels, SIX, whoa, whoa whoa! Samuels has turned it on so well this over, it was
pitched right up to the bat and slower, Samuels was waiting, he picks it up
and smacks it over long-on for a six, game, set and match I would believe.
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44.3
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Rubel Hossain to Samuels, FOUR, three in three! and is this the end of the game? it was fuller and he gives himself
room and drives it through the mid-wicket region for a four!
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44.2
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Rubel Hossain to Samuels, FOUR, fuller and that is two in two! drilled through the covers for a
four, this has been one of the most matured innings you would see on a
turning track
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44.1
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Rubel Hossain to Samuels, FOUR, now that he has his 100, and now that the required-rate's going up,
he goes for the cut, gets bit of an outside edge and rushes away to the fine
third-man for a four
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