Hetmyer taking ODI ton in stride

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC):

Days after his captain urged him to "bat deeper" and "to start notching big scores soon", Shimron Hetmyer delivered.

The 21-year-old Hetmyer's instrumental knock of 125 helped the West Indies to a thrilling three-run victory over Bangladesh in the second ODI in Guyana on Wednesday.

After topscoring with 52 in the first ODI, which the Windies lost by 48 runs, captain Jason Holder said that he'd like to see Hetmyer bat until at least the 35th over.

LAST TO BE DISMISSED

Batting at number four, Hetmyer did just that on Wednesday, becoming the last batsman to be dismissed after he was run out with four balls left in the innings attempting a suicidal second run.

It was his second ODI hundred and he became the youngest West Indies batsman to score one on home soil.

Afterwards, while glad for the win which helped the Windies even the three-match series at 1-1, Hetmyer said that he was looking forward to getting some more big scores on the board.

While it was only his second ODI, he said that the fact that he played before his home crowd gave him a huge boost.

"I want to take one step one at a time and see how it goes in St Kitts," Hetmyer said.

"The home crowd helped. It was a push for me to have my family and girlfriend here. They all support me hand in hand, so thanks to them."

Scoreboard

WEST INDIES

C Gayle lbw Mehedy Hasan 29

E Lewis lbw Mashrafe Mortaza 12

+S Hope c Sabbir Rahman b Shakib-Al-Hasan 25

S Hetmyer run out 125

J Mohammed c Mushfiqur Rahim b Rubel Hossain 12

R Powell b Rubel Hossain 44

*J Holder st Mushfiqur Rahim b Shakib-Al-Hasan 7

A Nurse c Tamim Iqbal b Mustafizur Rahman 3

K Paul c Mushfiqur Rahim b Rubel Hossain 4

D Bishoo b Mustafizur Rahman 0

A Joseph not out 1

Extras (lb6, w2, nb1) 9

TOTAL (all out, 49.3 overs) 271

Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Lewis, 6.1 overs); 2-55 (Gayle, 13.4); 3-77 (Hope, 18.4); 4-102 (Mohammed, 23.5); 5-205 (R Powell, 42.1); 6-224 (Holder, 43.4); 7-236 (Nurse, 45.6); 8-241 (Paul, 46.5); 9-242 (Bishoo, 47.2)

Bowling: Mashrafe Mortaza 9-0-44-1; Mehidy Hasan 10-3-40-1; Mustafizur Rahman 8.3-0-44-2; Mosaddek Hossain 4-0-31-0; Shakib-Al-Hasan 9-1-45-2; Rubel Hossain 9-0-61-3

BANGLADESH

Tamim Iqbal st Hope b Bishoo 54

Anamul Haque b Joseph 23

Shakib Al Hasan c Paul b Nurse 56

+Mushfiqur Rahim c Paul b Holder 68

Mahmudullah run out 39

Sabbir Rahman c Hetmyer b Paul 12

Mosaddek Hossain not out 3

*Mashrafe Mortaza not out 1

Extras (b1, lb4, w7) 12

TOTAL (6 wkts, 50 overs) 268

Did not bat: Mehidy Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman.

Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Anamul Haque, 2.3 overs); 2-129 (Tamim Iqbal, 24.6); 3-145 (Shakib-Al-Hasan, 29.2); 4-232 (Mahmudullah, 45.1); 5-264 (Sabbir Rahman, 48.6); 6-264 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 49.1)

Bowling: Joseph 6-0-55-1 (w1); Holder 10-0-66-1 (w2); Nurse 10-0-34-1 (w2); Paul 7-0-43-1 (w1); Gayle 7-0-26-0 (w1); Bishoo 10-0-39-1

Result: West Indies won by three runs.

Series: Three-match series level 1-1.

Toss: Bangladesh.

Player-of-the-Match: S Hetmyer.