Bangladesh v. West Indies. 2 Tests.

[Donny]

9 down. Still need 43.

[Donny]

Need 18.

Mehedi Hasan 31*.

[Donny]

Warrican 3/47.

Bangladesh fell short, by 18 runs.

[Donny]

So near. Yet so far.

Gotta feel for the Banglas. Could've easily won both Tests.

That the Windies had 10 players unavailable (Covid concerns), including their skipper, Jason Holder, made those results even more heart wrenching.

Having their captain, Shakib al-Hasan banned (see following post) didn't help, either.

[Donny]

Bangladesh captain Shakib al-Hasan has been banned from all cricket for two years, with one year suspended, after the all-rounder was found to have breached the International Cricket Council's (ICC) anti-corruption code.
Key points:

Shakib al-Hasan is set to miss the T20 World Cup in Australia next year
He failed to inform authorities about an approach he received to engage in corrupt conduct
Former England captain Michael Vaughan said he had "no sympathy" for Shakib

The ICC said Shakib, a prolific run-scorer and the top all-rounder in the ICC's one-day international rankings, had accepted three charges of failing to report "approaches he received to engage in corrupt conduct".

Shakib, 32, has played 338 matches across all formats for Bangladesh, including 206 one day internationals and 56 Tests.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-30/ ... s/11652186
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Mmm. That article was dated Wednesday 30 October 2019. Am I missing something ? With 1 year suspended, he should've been available from, Oct. 2020.