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Second Test: Sulieman Benn spins West Indies to victory

Sulieman Benn celebrates a wicket with his team-mates. West Indies v Bangladesh. Second Test, St Lucia. Sep 16 2014.
Image: Sulieman Benn: West Indies left-arm spinner celebrates one of his five wickets on day four

Sulieman Benn claimed 5-72 as West Indies beat Bangladesh by 296 runs in St Lucia to complete a 2-0 victory in the two-match series.

Bangladesh, chasing a target of 489, were bowled out for 192 late in the evening session on day four of the second Test. 

Tamim Iqbal (64) and Mominul Haque (56) hit half-centuries during a third-wicket stand of 110 before the innings collapsed after tea.

Opener Tamim's 181-ball stay ended with a top-edged heave, the first of three wickets in successive overs for 6ft 7in left-armer Benn, who now has six five-wicket hauls in Test cricket.

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West Indies, who won the first Test by 10 wickets in St Vincent last week, had earlier advanced their second innings from 208-4 to a declaration at 269-4.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, on 63 overnight, advanced to his 30th Test hundred and finished on 101 not out - meaning Bangladesh failed to dismiss him in either Test.

Chanderpaul, the Guyanan left-hander who made his West Indies debut in 1994, made an unbeaten 84 in the first innings and 85 not out in his only bat during the first Test.

He has now moved above Don Bradman into joint 10th place with Matthew Hayden on the all-time list of Test century makers. Among West Indians, only Brian Lara (34) has more.

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