Naeem's maiden ton keeps Bangladesh afloat

Thu, Nov 15, '12

DHAKA, Nov 15 ( Reuters) - Naeem Islam scored a patient maiden century as Bangladesh reached 455 for six wickets and made West Indies toil hard on a placid wicket in the first test in Dhaka on Thursday.

The home side rode on Naeem's 108 to cut West Indies' lead to 72 at close on the third day after the tourists had declared their first innings at 527-4 on the previous afternoon.

It is already Bangladesh's second highest score in tests and they can realistically hope to improve their best of 488 all out against Zimbabwe in Chittagong in 2005.