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Sherfane Rutherford scored a century as the West Indies beat Bangladesh by five wickets in the first ODI in St. Kitts.

Bangladesh made 294 for 6, with Romario Shepherd taking three wickets.

In reply, West Indies got to 295 for 5 in the 48th over, with 113 from Rutherford.

Transcript
00:00After winning the toss, Bangladesh chose to bat against the West Indies in the
00:04first ODI at Warner Park. Tanzid Hassan and Soumya Sarkar put on 34 for the
00:09first wicket in under five overs. Sarkar was out for 19
00:15followed by Litandas who also fell cheaply and it was 46 for 2. Tanzid Hassan
00:20and skipper Mehdi Hassan Miraz then did some repair work.
00:26Their partnership was worth 79 runs for the third wicket.
00:32Tanzid Hassan was out for 60 with Alzahri Joseph taking a second scalp but
00:38Mehdi Hassan Miraz were top scorer with 74 of 101 deliveries with six fours and
00:43a six. Mahmoodullah also played a major role with bat by scoring 50
00:49not out of 44 balls embellished with three fours and three sixes.
00:53Jakar Ali also had a part to play during their stand of 96 by scoring 48
00:58or 40 balls. Romario Sheppard was the pick of the bowlers with three for 51
01:02as Bangladesh closed on 294 for six from 50 overs. In reply West Indies openers
01:09Brandon King and Evan Lewis both fell with a team score on 27. After a 67 run
01:15partnership between captain Shea Hope and Casey Carty the latter was out for 21.
01:21Then Hope and Sheerfain Rutherford had to come to the team's rescue.
01:29Their stand was just short of 100 as they put on 99 for the fourth
01:34wicket. After Hope was out for 86 a lot depended on the left-handed
01:40Rutherford. Justin Graves gave him good support with the West Indies managing to
01:47take control. Then came the magical moment for Rutherford. After setting off
01:53for two poor fielding allowed four overthrows and that was his maiden ODI
01:58century. Rutherford was batting brilliantly and took the game away from
02:09the Tigers. Upon getting to 113 the southpaw from Guyana was dismissed by
02:17Soumya Sarkar but the hosts were nearly home. Graves hit the winning run to be
02:22unbeaten on 41. West Indies got to 295 for 5 in 47.4 overs to take a 1-0 lead
02:29in the three-game series.
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