DHAKA, Oct 21, 2025 (BSS) - West Indies became the first team in the cricket 
history to bowl with the spinners in full 50 overs of an ODI game.

The unique record was created at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium 
during West Indies' second ODI against Bangladesh.

No team in the 54 years of history bowled with the spinners in full 50 overs 
earlier. 

West Indies' didn't allow their only pacer Justin Greaves to bowl in this 
match today, however, Greaves is basically a bowling allrounder. They didn't 
have any genuine pacer to their playing XI today which indicated that they 
may go with full 50 overs of spin. And it became true finally.
 
The previous record for bowling the most overs by spinners in an innings in 
ODIs was held by Sri Lanka when their tweakers bowled 44 overs in an innings 
and that too in three times.
 
The Caribbean side, once prominent for his deadly fast bowling attack, broke 
that record and set a new record today. And it's a record which has no chance 
of being broken... Such a record is only possible to touch because 50 overs 
are allotted for an ODI game.

Oman previously held the record for bowling the most overs without giving the 
ball to the pacers in ODIs. This year, Oman bowled the United States of 
America (USA) out in 35.3 overs. Oman spinners bowled all those overs.

The West Indies had previously bowled 34 overs by spinners, the most for them 
in an ODI match against South Africa in Grenada in 2001.

The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium earlier saw 40 overs from the 
spinners during Bangladesh's game against West Indies in 2012.

The record for bowling with spinners could have broken today had Bangladesh 
spinners bowled till 28.3 overs. But Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman came 
into attack after eight overs, making the first pacer bowling after 58 overs 
in the match. 

The highest number of overs bowled by spinners in an ODI match is 78.2, a 
record that was seen in the Afghanistan-Ireland match in Dehradun in 2019. 

The Irish spinners bowled 39 and the Afghan spinners bowled 39.2 overs that 
day.