West Indies v Bangladesh, 2014-15

At Gros Islet, St Lucia, September 13-16, 2014. West Indies won by 296 runs. Toss: Bangladesh. Test debuts: L. R. Johnson.
There was little fanfare for West Indies' 500th Test match, though it was marked by another overwhelming victory, inside four days. Their 163rd win was Bangladesh's 70th defeat in 85 Tests.

Encouraged by a true pitch with more pace and bounce than most in the region, West Indies, in spite of brief wobbles in both innings, posted strong totals. Chanderpaul, more than 20 years after his debut, contributed a characteristic double of 84 and 101, both not out. At 40 years 31 days he was West Indies' second-oldest Test century-maker, 54 days younger than Clive Lloyd, in 1984-85.

In a dismal end to another depressing tour, Bangladesh failed to muster 200 in either innings. Mushfiqur Rahim again got nothing from his decision to bowl. Brathwaite and the Guyanese left-hander Leon Johnson - summoned after Chris Gayle pulled out to rest a back injury - laid a solid foundation with an opening partnership of 143. Then, after a slight stumble, Darren Bravo and Chanderpaul coasted comfortably through to the close.

Bravo's dismissal next morning triggered a collapse of four for 18 but, while Chanderpaul proceeded at his own pace, Taylor and Benn counter-attacked to check the slide. Then the bowlers teamed up to leave Bangladesh tottering at 89 for seven shortly before stumps; only Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah, ninth out an hour into the third day, made more than 13. Roach's unrelenting line and length brought him five wickets; Ramdin claimed five catches.

This time, Ramdin waived the follow-on and, after a second useful opening stand, the loss of four for 24 left Chanderpaul with yet another rebuilding act. He duly obliged: he and Blackwood had added 108 by the third-day close, and extended that to an unbroken 169 next morning. After Chanderpaul reached his 30th century, in his 158th Test, a declaration set Bangladesh an unlikely 489.

Needing to bat more than five sessions, they made a swift, if inappropriate, start. Shamsur Rahman slapped 39 from 27 balls, including hooks and pulls for four, six and six from successive balls off Taylor. His end was predictable, caught at deep square trying to hook him again. Tamim Iqbal, though, was subdued, making 64 in 226 minutes before he was finally tempted into a cross-batted heave against Benn, and holed out to midwicket.

He and Mominul Haque had put on 110 for the third wicket, but Tamim's dismissal set off the routine slide, in which Benn finished with a five-wicket haul for the third Test running. Mahmudullah and Mominul fell to successive balls, and the last eight wickets tumbled for 34. Once again, Mushfiqur was left to try to make sense of it all. "Sometimes it is skills, sometimes it is mental," he lamented. "We need to be tough for the whole session, not one or two hours."
Man of the Match: S. Chanderpaul. Man of the Series: K. C. Brathwaite.