Kavem Hodge Scripts New World Record As West Indies Top-Order Batter In Bangladesh

Kavem Hodge [Source: AFP]

Kavem Hodge led a courageous fightback for the West Indies cricket team against Bangladesh on Day 4 of their series-deciding second Test in Sylhet. Batting at number three, the 33-year-old notched up his third Test century and also registered the highest score of his career.

Through the course of his innings, the elegant right-handed batter also broke a huge West Indies record, previously set by Darren Bravo back in 2012 

Kavem Hodge breaks Darren Bravo’s all-time West Indies record

Batting at number three, Kavem Hodge arrived to the crease at 85-1 in 21.2 overs during the second West Indies innings on Day 4 of the second Test against Bangladesh in Sylhet. After losing Brandon King, the cricketer shared a courageous 165-run partnership with half-centurion Kevin Wickham for the third wicket.

Hodge even notched up his third Test century, reaching the milestone figure from 142 balls during the 66th over of the innings. When he reached 128*, the 33-year-old cricketer registered the highest Test score by any West Indies top-order batter in a Test match in Bangladesh. 

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Kavem Hodge surpassed the previous record of Darren Bravo, who punched out an elegant 127 against Bangladesh way back in 2012. Here is a look at some of the highest individual scores by West Indies top-order batters in Test matches played in Bangladesh.

Highest scores by West Indies top-order batters in Bangladesh in Tests

• Kavem Hodge – 140* vs Bangladesh, Sylhet 2026
• Darren Bravo – 127 vs Bangladesh, Khulna 2012 
• Kirk Edwards – 121 vs Bangladesh, Mirpur 2011
• Ramnaresh Sarwan – 119 vs Bangladesh, Dhaka 119
• Kieran Powell – 117 vs Bangladesh, Mirpur 2012

Overall, only five different West Indies top-order batters have managed to register Test hundreds in Bangladesh, with Kieran Powell himself listing two of them in his career. 

Hodge ton takes West Indies lead past 300

The century from Kavem Hodge successfully brought the West Indies team back into the game after Bangladesh’s Towhid Hridoy had plundered a record-breaking 242* on Day 3 of the match. 

His innings helped the West Indies lead blaze past the 300-run mark on Day 4 before bad lights enforced an early stumps.

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