Persistent showers forced a premature end to the first T20 International between West Indies and Bangladesh at a refurbished Windsor Park on Sunday (IST).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A wet outfield delayed the start for over an hour and a half and reduced the match to 16-overs-per-side. After play was halted in the eighth over, the match was reduced to 14 overs each.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh faced 13 overs when rain interrupted play again with the score on 105\/8.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shakib Al Hasan top-scored with 29, and every West Indies bowler got a wicket, led by fast bowler Romario Shepherd with 3\/21. It was career-best figures for the 27-year-old who bowled with good control as Bangladesh slumped from 56\/2 to 77\/7 in the 11th over. His first wicket was that of Litton Das who was outsmarted by a slower ball and spooned a simple catch to captain Nicholas Pooran at midwicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In Shepherd's third and final over, he took two more wickets -- Mahmudullah superbly caught by Hayden Walsh Jr at backward point and then Mahedi Hasan, taken behind by keeper Devon Thomas.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Walsh also played a crucial role with the ball as he took 2\/24 to cause the middle-order slide. He first had Shakib taken by Thomas as he tried to go after a well-flight wrong-un, and then sent back Afif Hossain for a duck as the left-hander hoisted a catch into the safe hands of Brandon King.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The game was the first cricket international at Windsor Park since it was rebuilt after being severely damaged in 2017 by Hurricane Maria.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The second match of the series will be played later on Sunday at the same venue.<\/p>\r\n\r\n