Bangladesh 194 and 212 (Kapali 85) lost to West Indies 296 (Ganga 63, Jacobs 59) and 111 for 3 by seven wickets
Scorecard

It was closer than usual, but the second Test at Chittagong ended in another three-day defeat for Bangladesh. Alok Kapali's delicious 85 extended the game into the evening session, but West Indies polished off the 111 they needed for victory inside 22 overs, although there were a few jitters along the way. They take the series 2-0, only their second series win overseas in eight seasons. The other, in case you think the seeds of a revival have been sown, was against Zimbabwe.

Bangladesh had resumed on 40 for 0, but their top order fell away against a steady performance from the four-pronged West Indian pace attack. Just as in the first innings, Pedro Collins and Daren Powell took three wickets each and Vasbert Drakes and Jermaine Lawson two.

Hannan Sarkar was the first man to fall, bowled by Drakes after adding just a single to his overnight score of 12 (44 for 1). But the big blow was struck just a run later. Habibul Bashar, so often Bangladesh's best batsman, departed for a duck, weakly fending a sharp one from Collins through to Ridley Jacobs.

Al-Shahriar and Sanwar Hossain resisted for a while, adding 31 for the third wicket before Daren Powell trapped Al-Shahriar lbw for 34. Then Mohammad Ashraful, who played aggressively for 15, lashed a wide ball from Lawson to Ramnaresh Sarwan at point.

When Khaled Masud was trapped lbw by Drakes just after lunch, Bangladesh were in real trouble at 137 for 6, only 35 ahead. But Kapali charmed the crowd with a lovely innings of 85 that, for a time, threatened to make a game of it.

As Enamul Haque held up an end diligently, Kapali unfurled a gem of an innings, striking 12 fours and two sixes in 111 balls of prime entertainment. But then, on the stroke of tea, and with the lead at 108, Kapali snicked a pull off Powell through to Jacobs (210 for 7), and the game was up for Bangladesh. Only two runs were added for the loss of the last three wickets after tea.

A score of 111 might give some people the jitters, but Chris Gayle and Wavell Hinds scythed it everywhere from the first ball. Gayle was in particularly savage mood, and had flailed six fours in 11 balls when he dragged the 12th, from Tapash Baisya, back onto his stumps (52 for 1). His 37 took just 31 balls.

Hinds made 26 before playing round a straight one from his nemesis Baisya – who's got Hinds in his last five Test and one-day innings – and then Sarwan skied Manjural Islam to midwicket, before Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels finished it off. A rare overseas win for West Indies, and a not-so-rare beating for Bangladesh. When will the misery end?

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