Update: Rain restricts play in WI test against Bangladesh

Persistent showers restricted visitors Bangladesh and a new-look West Indies team to just over an hour\'s play on today’s first day of the opening cricket test at Arnos Vale in St Vincent.



Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes gave Bangladesh a solid platform with an unbroken stand of 42 in between the showers.



Imrul struck three fours in an unbeaten 26 while fellow left-hander Tamim hit one boundary in 14 not out.



West Indies selectors were forced to select a replacement squad after the original 13-man squad chose to boycott the series due to contract wrangles with the West Indies Cricket Board.



Batsmen Dale Richards, Omar Phillips and Travis Dowlin, wicketkeeper Chadwick Walton, fast bowler Kemar Roach and spinners Ryan Austin and Nikita Miller made their Test debuts.



Only captain Floyd Reifer, fast bowler Tino Best and allrounders Darren Sammy and Dave Bernard Jr. had previously appeared in tests.