West Indies left-arm orthodox spinner Suleman Benn said the difference between his success and that of the Bangladeshi spinners was the fact that they bowled too slow on the surface.
Benn grabbed 5-39, his fifth five-wicket haul in Tests, as Bangladesh responding to the West Indies first innings of 484 for seven declared, was routed for 182.According to the Barbadian: ‘The pitch was slow and the difference between the Bangladesh bowlers and myself was that they bowled too slow. I normally bowl quick for a spinner, so I was able to put some pace on the ball and this added to the problems for their batsmen.’
Bangladesh relied too much on the spinners on the slow surface in St Vincent but compared to their West Indian counterparts it took them a little time to extract any help from the wicket.
Taijul Islam grabbed 5-132 to become sixth Bangladeshi bowler to get five or more wickets on debut. However, three of his wickets came on the third day when West Indies were in a bit of rush to accelerate their run rate.
Bangladeshi batsmen were in a similar rush, albeit for no reason, and Benn took the full advantage.
Asked if the Bangladeshi batsmen were easy prey, Benn, who returned to Test team earlier this year with the New Zealand series after more than three years in the wilderness, refused to make any comments.
’That I would not like to comment on, as I will leave that for their coach to explain,’ said Benn, who has now 19 wickets to his tally in four Tests since the new beginning.
His exploits since return include five-wicket haul in successive Tests.
The man who bowled marathon spells against New Zealand with success earlier this year added: ‘I am enjoying my bowling and when I first got back in against New Zealand, I did not bowl too well. As that series progressed I got better and better and at this moment I am finding my way nicely.
‘My job is to take wickets and I am going to just continue keeping it basic and hopefully the wickets will continue to some.
‘We want to win this series and even if the wickets don’t fall at my end, once I can keep up the pressure and they fall at the other end, I am happy as well,’ said the 6ft 7 inch tall left-arm spinner.
-With New Age input
