West Indies Batting 230 for 3 (King 82, Lewis 49, Carty 45). Bangladesh 227 (Mahmudullah 62, Tanzid 46, Seales 4-22) by seven wickets

West Indies claimed a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in St. Kitts to clinch the three-match ODI series. It was the West Indies’ first win in the ODI series against Bangladesh in ten years. They had also won the last four ODI series between the two teams. West Indies had broken their 11-match winning streak against Bangladesh in the first ODI on Sunday.

Bangladesh, meanwhile, have won just one of their last six ODI series while the West Indies have turned their fortunes around in the format. They have now claimed consecutive ODI series victories after beating England last month. They had lost ODI series against Australia and Sri Lanka earlier this year.

Before Seales took his wickets, Bangladesh got off to a quick start as Tanzid hit debutant Marquino Mindley for two fours and as many sixes in the first three overs. Seales soon broke through and caught Soumya Sarkar midway through the match for a two count. Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz followed Soumya in the first power play, both falling to Seales. Litton plodded ahead and played four off 18 balls before his attempted pull shot was far too early as it hit the tip of the bat and took him to point.

Seales then surprised Mehidy when he tried to deflect the ball but it hit the inside edge and made its way to the stumps. At the other end, Tanzid had kept Bangladesh going but he failed to turn another start into a major success. After hitting Justin Greaves for two fours in the eleventh over, he fell in the same over and was caught at point. It was similar to how Tanzid fell in the first ODI.

Afif then started well, hitting Romario Shepherd out of bounds four times, knocking him over his head twice and over the cover once. However, when Afif attempted a similar shot against Motie, he failed to take a long-off catch for 24.

Jaker Ali and Rishad Hossain Motie then followed quickly and cheaply. Motie caught Jaker lbw for three before Rishad became Mindley’s first ODI wicket, falling for a duck.

The West Indies made it look like child’s play as they reduced Bangladesh to 115 for seven at that point. Mahmudullah, who had hit a six up to that point, had to trust Tanzim, who had previously had a first-class fifty to his name. Tanzim looked determined as he hit two fours before sending Motie over a long-on throw for his first six. Up to this point, Mahmudullah had hit two sixes. The pair then hit Greaves for a six and a four in successive overs before repeating the same dose a few overs later from the same bowler.

Roston Chase ended the partnership in the 44th over when he caught Tanzim off his own bowling. It was a good performance from the young cricketer who hit six boundaries in his 62-ball stay.

Mahmudullah followed Tanzim back to the pavilion in the next over and bizarrely hit Seales’ long throw deep down the throat of Deep Point. His 62 came from 92 balls, including two fours and four sixes. It is only the second time in his career that Mahmudullah scored three consecutive fifties in ODIs.

As the home team responded to Bangladesh’s 227, King got off to a strong start with five boundaries in the first seven overs and hit the ball well on both sides of the pitch. He improved to 26 while Lewis was left behind on six off 23 balls. Finally, in the ninth over, Lewis hit Tanzim for three boundaries, including a flat six over long leg.

Lewis hit Mehidy for a huge blow in the 14th over before dropping the next ball when Soumya failed to capitalize on a difficult chance. Lewis was 29 at the time. After King reached his half-century off 52 balls in the 16th over, Lewis soon hit Mehidy for his third six. His fourth was a sort of revenge on Rana, who had hit him to the unmentionable in the 20th over.

The pair completed their inaugural second-century partnership this year. King has been involved in the opening stands of the West Indies for the last five centuries. That game ended when Lewis, still reeling from the Rana blow, caught and bowled Rishad after he had made 49 off 62 balls.

The wicket didn’t seem to help Bangladesh, who promptly conceded five runs on overthrows. Litton also received four byes. Keacy Carty took advantage of her mistakes and hit five boundaries while King hit three sixes in short order. He threw Rishad twice, apart from lifting Tanzim from the ground and onto the roof of the pavilion building.

King fell victim to a Rana yorker in the 29th over. The long shadow of one of the light poles on the pitch could have been a reason why King missed that ball, but he walked away calmly after adding 66 runs for the second wicket with Carty. King hit eight fours and three sixes in his 76-ball stay. Carty fell just after King and hit Afif Hossain to Rana after making 45 off 47 balls. Rutherford and Hope stunned Rishad with a four and a six respectively in his eighth over.

Rutherford experienced the final rites of the series when he contemptuously swung Shoriful Islam over square leg in the 37th over and hit two sixes to complete the win.