West Indies and Bangladesh will meet in their third and final ODI match at Warner Park in Basseterre, St. Kitts today at 2:30 p.m. ET. Live stream the matchup by clicking this link.
Bangladesh will be playing for its first win in 2014 and for pride after West Indies took a commanding 2-0 lead on Friday with a win by an astounding 177 runs, dismissing Bangladesh for just 70 runs.
West Indies has had a strong bowling attack behind the play of Sunil Narine. Jason Holder and Kemar Roach have also been key players, alternating between roles as new-ball enforcers and holding bowlers.
"I think winning the first two games was great but we have to take the last game seriously," Narine said. "We have to try to win a series without losing a game, take the last game like it is the first game."
The West Indies batsmen have had their ups and downs, but they were very strong in Friday's match. Chris Gayle led the scoring with 58, just his third half-century for his country this year, and Darren Bravo had 53. Despite the struggles of Kirk Edwards and Lendl Simmons, Denesh Ramdin and Kieron Pollard have provided good form lower in the order. West Indies added Andre Russell for the third match and he will bolster the middle and lower order even more.
Bangladesh's bowlers might have a tough time containing the West Indies batsmen in the smaller-than-normal Warner Park and the struggles of the batting lineup may have shaken the team's confidence. Despite his struggles with the bat, Mahmudullah's bowling has been sufficient enough to give him another chance to play. So far only Anamul Haque and Tanim Iqbal have been the only adequate batsmen, and Iqbal was the only one to score in double-digits on Friday with 37.
Starting Squads
West Indies: DJ Bravo (capt), DM Bravo, KA Edwards, CH Gayle, JO Holder, NO Miller, SP Narine, KA Pollard, D Ramdin†, R Rampaul, KAJ Roach, DJG Sammy, LMP Simmons
Bangladesh; Mushfiqur Rahim (capt), Abdur Razzak, Al-Amin Hossain, Anamul Haque, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mithun Ali†, Mominul Haque, Nasir Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Shamsur Rahman, Sohag Gazi, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed
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