West Indies handed Bangladesh their first Test win overseas and only their second overall, when they crumbled to a 95-run defeat in the opening game of the series at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex here yesterday.

Chasing 277 for victory, West Indies were dismissed for 181 with 9.5 overs remaining on the final day of the encounter shrouded in controversy because of the strike by the Windies first choice players.

Only all-rounder Dave Bernard with an unbeaten 52, his second half-century of the match, showed any resistance as no other batsman scored over 20 in the innings.

Off-spinner Mahmudullah was the architect of Bangladesh's win, snaring five for 51 to expose the regional side's weakness to spin bowling.

He was supported by left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan who grabbed three for 39, including the last wicket of Tino Best for nine.

It was Bangladesh's second win in Tests following their 226-run victory over a similarly depleted Zimbabwe side in Chittagong four years ago.

All-rounder Darren Sammy's five-wicket haul had given West Indies a chance at victory early in the day when he grabbed three of the five wickets to fall, as Bangladesh were dismissed for 345 after resuming the day at 321 for five.

The right-arm medium pacer finished with five for 70 and fast bowler Kemar Roach claimed three for 67, to remove the last five Bangladeshi batsmen for the addition of only 24 runs.

But Bangladesh hit back to claim both Windies openers cheaply and reduce the home side to 62 for two at lunch.

Wickets tumbled steadily thereafter and only Bernard, who stroked five fours off 134 balls, held firm against the Bangladesh attack.

His stand of 37 for the sixth wicket with Sammy was the most productive of the innings, but it was ended when Sammy gifted his wicket by carving Shakib Al Hasan to point for Shahadat Hossain to complete an easy catch.

West Indies face Bangladesh in the second and final Test of the series starting Friday at the National Stadium in Grenada.

Bangladesh 1st Innings 238 all out

WI 1st Innings 307 all out

Bangladesh 2nd Innings

(overnight 321-5)

S. al Hasan c Austin b Sammy 30M. Rahim b Roach 37Mahmudullah lbw b Roach 8M. Mortaza c Roach b Sammy 0S. Hossain not out 0R. Hossain lbw b Sammy 1Extras: (9lb, 2w, 7nb) 18TOTAL: (all out) 345Overs: 120.1.

Fall of wickets: 1-82, 2-228, 3-258, 4-261, 5-267, 6-327, 7-342, 8-344, 9-344, 10-345.

Bowling: Roach 26-4-67-3, Best 13-3-49-0 (1w), Austin 30-4-78-1 (4nb), Sammy 30.1-6-70-5 (1w, 2nb), Miller 17-4-40-0, Bernard 4-0-32-1 (1nb).

West Indies 2nd Innings

(Target 277 from minimum off 80 overs)

D. Richards run out (Raqibul) 14O. Phillips lbw b Shakib 14T. Dowlin c Imrul b Mahmudullah 19F. Reifer lbw b Mahmudullah 19D. Bernard not out 52C. Walton lbw b Mahmudullah 10D. Sammy c Shahadat b Shakib 19N. Miller c wk Mushfiqur b Ashraful 5R. Austin lbw b Mahmudullah 0K. Roach c wk Mushfiqur b Mahmudullah 3T. Best lbw b Shakib 9Extras: (5b, 5lb, 2w, 5nb) 17TOTAL: (all out) 181Overs: 70.1.

Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-33, 3-69, 4-72, 5-82, 6-119, 7-151, 8-168, 9-172, 10-181.

Bowling: S. Hossain 12-2-32-0 (1nb), R. Hossain 10-1-45-0 (2w, 4nb), Shakib-al-Hasan 28.1-11-39-3, Mahmudullah 15-4-51-5, M. Ashraful 5-1-4-1.

Result: Bangladesh won by 95 runs (leads two-match series 1-0).

Man of the Match: Tamim Iqbal.

Umpires: Tony Hill, New Zealand, and Asoka de Silva, Sri Lanka.