West Indies’ Kemar Roach Joins A Special List Of Fast Bowlers With Over 250 Test Wickets
West Indies’ Kemar Roach joined a special list of fast bowlers with over 250 Test wickets, with Roach bringing his 250th Test wicket in style as West Indies continued to dominate Bangladesh in the second Test.
Roach made no mistake during the second innings:-
Kemar Roach failed to pick up a wicket during Bangladesh’s first innings, but the West Indies pacer was not going to make the same mistake a second time as he scored his 250th in style to bring up the visitors’ top order late on the third day of the second Test. Test wicket.
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Tamim Iqbal was the victim as West Indies’ grip in the match was further strengthened, as Roach surpassed former pacer Michael Holding (249 wickets) and joined the group of Caribbean greats to take more than 250 Test wickets.
Courtney Walsh tops the list with 519 test scales, but Roach is moving up to Curtley Ambrose (405), Malcolm Marshall (376), Lance Gibbs (309), and Joel Garner (259).
Roach will surely cross Garner’s mark very soon, and who knows how far the underrated 33-year-old can go from that point.
Holding sends his affair to a man of the moment:-
Michael Holding accelerated to send his best wishes to Roach after the stumps on the third day, with West Indies showering a right arm in praise after their milestone.
Holding noted Roach’s longevity and said there was no reason the 33-year-old could not play for a few more years.
“I am more impressed by the fact that he has been playing for so long because fast bowlers don’t usually extend their careers,” Holding said on a video posted by Cricket West Indies.
“He’s been going for 13 years now and has a few more years ahead of him if he wants to.”
A Gloomy day prevailed:-
Roach’s heroism with the ball was overshadowed by Bangladesh on another disappointing day and surely only a miracle could see them avoid defeat in this second Test in St Lucia.
Najmul Hossain Shanto (42) showed some fighting with the bat during the second innings. But he fell late in the day, and experienced captain Shakib Al Hasan (16) was dismissed early to leave the visitors in a world of pain at the stumps. given. day 3.
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Bangladesh has only four wickets in hand and is still 42 runs behind West Indies. So their first target will be to ensure that they get the hosts to bat for the second time.
But with Roach (3/32) and fellow pacer Alzarri Joseph (2/31) bowling well. West Indies are looking to resume proceedings on the fourth day.