DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — A spirited Bangladesh led by all-rounder Mohammad Mahmudullah edged out the West Indies in the fifth and final one-day by two wickets in Dhaka yesterday, taking the series 3-2.

Mahmudullah took 2-38 to help the home team bowl the tourists for 217 in 48 overs and then scored a polished 48 to help Bangladesh chase down the target for the loss of eight wickets with six overs to spare.

Bangladesh won the first match by seven wickets and the second by 160 runs — both in Khulna. The West Indies levelled the series with a four wicket win in the third and 75 runs in the fourth.

Both teams will now play a Twenty20 international in Dhaka on Monday.

It was Mahmudullah and captain Mushfiqur Rahim (44) who set the home team on the victory path through their 91-run stand for the fourth wicket after paceman Kemar Roach (5-56) had derailed them in early overs.

Roach struck thrice in his first five overs, removing Tamim Iqbal (eight), Anamul Haque (nought) and Jahurul Islam (10) to leave the home team in disarray at 30-3.

Mahmudullah hit seven boundaries in his 45-ball knock while Rahim smacked as many boundaries in his 56-ball knock.

But the West Indies staged a comeback through Sunil Narine (3-38) as the spinner removed both the batsmen in the space of 12 runs.

Nasir Hossain (39 not out) and Mominul Haque (25) added 53 for the sixth wicket as Bangladesh survived a late order slump to reach the target. Nasir hit Andre Russell for the winning boundary to send the packed crowd into jubiliation.

Scoreboard

West Indies

KOA Powell st Rahim b Gazi 11

C Gayle c Nasir b Islam 2

M Samuels run out 1

D Bravo c Haque b Mahmudullah 51

K Pollard b Haque 85

D Sammy Jahurul b Haque 2

D Thomas c Rahim b Islam 25

A Russell lbw b Mahmudullah 0

V Permaul run out 10

S Narine not out 7

K Roach lbw b Islam 0

Extras (lb5, w18) 23

Total (all out; 48 overs) 217

Fall of wickets 1-16 (Powell), 2-17 (Samuels), 3-17 (Gayle), 4-149 (Pollard), 5-151 (Sammy), 6-188 (Bravo), 7-188 (Russell), 8-204 (Permaul), 9-217 (Thomas)

Bowling: Gazi 10-2-32-1 (6w), Islam 9-4-31-3, Sunny 8-0-58-0, Razzak 9-1-39-0 (2w), Mahmudullah 10-1-38-2 (7w), Haque 2-0-14-2 (3w)

Bangladesh

Tamim Iqbal b Roach 8

Anamul Haque c Pollard b Roach 0

Jahurul Islam c Thomas b Roach 10

Mushfiqur Rahim b Narine 44

Mohammad Mahmudullah b Narine 48

Nasir Hossain not out 39

Mominul Haque lbw b Narine 25

Sohag Gazi c Thomas b Roach 19

Abdur Razzak lbw b Roach 0

Elias Sunny not out 1

Extras (b3, lb4, nb2, w18) 27

Total (8 wickets; 44 overs) 221

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Iqbal), 2-9 (Anamul), 3-30 (Jahurul), 4-121 (Mahmudullah), 5-133 (Rahim), 6-186 (Haque), 7-214 (Gazi), 8-215 (Razzak)

Bowling: Roach 9-0-56-5 (1nb, 3w), Sammy 5-1-23-0 (6w), Russell 10-0-51-0 (5w), Narine 10-1-38-3 (1nb, 4w), Permaul 9-0-39-0, Samuels 1-0-7-0

Result: Bangladesh won by two wickets, take series 3-2

Toss: Bangladesh

Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SRI) and Enamul Haque (BAN)

TV umpire: Anisur Rahman (BAN)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)