West Indies' Da Silva cracks 56 in warm-up match

WICKETKEEPER/batsman Joshua Da Silva smashed 56 runs while Rovman Powell scored 49 in a one-inning intra-squad exercise among the West Indies’ (WI) One-Day International (ODI) players at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) sporting institute on Monday.

After 47 overs, the unofficial team rallied to 258 runs for nine wickets with Da Silva cracking six fours and one six in his 69-ball knock before being run out.

Powell raced to 49 off 40 balls and hit four fours and three sixes during his stint at the crease. He was dismissed trapped leg-before courtesy WI ODI debutant Akeal Hosein, who picked up two wickets for 46 runs from nine overs.

Opener and official vice-captain Sunil Ambris chipped in with 39 while Nkrumah Bonner and Jahmar Hamilton scored 21 and 20 respectively.

ODI skipper Jason Mohammed could only muster up four runs as he was caught behind by Da Silva off Kyle Mayers’ bowling. Andre McCarthy got to 19, Alzarri Joseph scored 18 while Mayers got to nine and Reifer, one.

Reifer, however, topped the bowling with two wickets for 42 runs followed by Hosein. Joseph and Rahkeem Cornwall both bagged one wicket for 20 runs while Mohammed (1/16) and Mayers (1/18) also snagged one each.

The first of three ODIs against Bangladesh bowls off on Wednesday at the Shre Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur followed by the second on Friday and final on Monday.