Published 16:50 IST, February 7th 2021
Michael Vaughan lauds Kyle Mayers' heroics as he announces his arrival at biggest stage
Former English skipper Michael Vaughan hailed Kyle Mayers after the Windies middle-order batsman helped his team register a famous win by scoring 200 on debut
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Former English skipper Michael Vaughan came forward to hail Kyle Mayers after debutant's maiden double century powered West Indies to an impressive three-wicket win over Banglesh in first Test match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stium in Chittagong on Sunday. middle-order batsman remained unbeaten on 210.
Meanwhile, this is fifth-highest successful fourth-innings chase in history of Test cricket.
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'Remember name': Michael Vaughan
Taking to micro-blogging site, Vaughan hailed southpaw for scoring a match-winning double-century on debut and that too in fourth innings of a Test match. He n urged all cricket fans to 'Remember name'.
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Kyle Mayers does unthinkable as Windies register a famous win
Chasing a mammoth target of 395 to go 1-0 up in two-match series, visitors seemed to be in a spot of bor after losing ir top-order before even breaching three-figure mark before middle-order duo of Mayers and Nkrumah Bonner (86) ded 116 runs for fourth-wicket stand before latter was dismissed.
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Windies did lose a couple of wickets after Boner's dismissal but 28-year-old batsman from Barbos kept fighting on from or end as he took Banglesh bowlers to cleaners. In end, his efforts paid off as Calypso Boys did unthinkable on final session of final day's play.
Mayers was judged Man of Match for his outstanding kck as West Indies have drawn first blood in Test series. second and final Test match will be played from February 11-15 at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stium.
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16:50 IST, February 7th 2021