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Tour match

Bangladeshis v St Kitts & Nevis

At Basseterre, St Kitts, August 30-September 1, 2014 (not first-class). Drawn. ‡Bangladeshis 377-7 dec (Mushfiqur Rahim 106*, Nasir Hossain 100) and 148-4; St Kitts & Nevis 399 (S. M. Jeffers 118, S. Chanderpaul 183; Rubel Hossain 3-90, Taijul Islam 3-109, Shuvagata Hom 3-48).
Both sides chose from 13 players. Batsmen took advantage of a flat pitch, small outfield and relaxed environment. Mushfiqur Rahim and Nasir Hossain scored hundreds in a seventh-wicket partnership of 191 to rescue the Bangladeshis from 186-6. Shane Jeffers responded with 118 from 131 balls (Shaquille Martina had made nine in 90 minutes during an opening stand of 77), then the guesting Shivnarine Chanderpaul, back from a stint with Derbyshire, batted for nearly seven hours. The local team used nine bowlers, the Bangladeshis ten.

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