Bangladesh complete Windies series whitewash

By Paul MITCHELL

CRICKET: BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Aug 1, 2009: Half-centuries from Junaid Siddique and Mahmudullah led Bangladesh to a three-wicket victory, and a 3-0 cleansweep of the one-day international series over West Indies on Friday.

Siddique struck six fours in 55 from 73 balls, and Mahmudullah, who was named man-of-the-match, hit two fours and one six in an unbeaten 51 from 70 balls to help Bangladesh overhaul a victory target of 249 in the third and final ODI at Warner Park.

Mahmudullah made sure of victory when he flicked a delivery from Kemar Roach through square leg.

Bangladesh won the opening match in Dominica last Sunday by 52 runs, and the second match at the same venue on Tuesday by three wickets.Their ODI series victory followed a cleansweep of the preceding two-Test series against a home side decimated by a player boycott."After winning the Test series, we were looking forward to this ODI series," said Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan.