(ESPN Cricinfo) – A maiden Test century for Justin Greaves headlined a dominant day for the West Indies against Bangladesh on day two of the Antigua Test.

After his 115 helped West Indies post 450 for 9, West Indies bookended the day with two Bangladesh wickets, leaving the visitors 410 with eight wickets in hand.

It was a fine recovery after falling to 261 for 7, despite an overnight score of 250 for 5. Greaves shared an eighth-wicket stand of 140 runs with Kemar Roach, who batted over four hours for 47, his highest Test score in his 15 year career.

Greaves’ unbeaten 115 justified his Super50 form, which saw him strike three consecutive centuries earlier this month. He gave a patient effort and hit just four boundaries in his 206-ball stay. It was the perfect follow-up to the 1990s that Alick Athanaze and Mikyle Louis had scored on day one to lay the foundation.

Bangladesh continued to give away strong positions with the ball, toiling for 144.1 overs, but failed to bowl out the home side. Hasan Mahmud took three wickets, all on the second day. Taskin Ahmed toiled hard and even found the edge of Greaves’ bat once, but no one appealed. The spinners, stand-in captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam, shared three wickets from their combined 73.1 overs.

West Indies declared, with Bangladesh having to complete a maximum time of one hour and 45 minutes. But there was no respite for them against the four-man West Indian pace attack. Zakir Hasan fell for 15 after underestimating a Jayden Seales delivery onto his stumps. The left-hander hit three fours in his short stay, all off Seales, but was a little unlucky as the ball grazed the leg stump. Mahmudul Hasan Joy beat Alzarri Joseph for 5 shortly after being dropped on the same score.

It was still a long way from the start of the day for the visitors as they had started the day in the best possible way by taking two early wickets.

Mahmud removed Joshua Da Silva with the fifth ball of the morning session, trapping lbw with a delivery that shot into his forward pad. This was Mahmud’s first wicket in the match despite bowling well on the first day. It was also his 24th wicket this year, making him the highest wicket-taker in a calendar year among Bangladesh’s pace bowlers.

That number became 25 when Alzarri fell in Mahmud’s next over. Zakir took a brilliant two-handed catch at Gully, reminiscent of how he opened the Pakistan tour with Abdullah Shafique’s catch at Gully in August. If Bangladesh felt they had a chance to bowl out the West Indies for less than 300 runs, they were snubbed by Roach.

He was the right kind of foil for Greaves, who was prepared to stamp out the Bangladesh attack. Greaves gave the strike to Roach at times as the pair conceded no more wickets in the first session. There were only two boundaries in those 26 overs too, but that hardly bothered the home team, who needed recovery.

Greaves started the second session with his third boundary as he pulled Taskin through midwicket. However, he survived a run-behind chance on 77, with neither Taskin nor wicketkeeper Jaker Ali (who replaced Litton Das after the first session) hearing a weak nick. It was just a replay on the big screen showing what Bangladesh missed.

Soon after, a Roach single brought up the team’s first century partnership for the eighth wicket against Bangladesh. It was followed by a seven-minute rain break before Roach hit Mehidy over the head for his first boundary. Mahmud eventually removed Roach with a nice angling, clipping the top of his middle stump. Their stand of 140 runs was the third highest in the West Indies for the eighth wicket.

Greaves soon reached his century with his fourth boundary shot, driving Taijul through the covers. It was possibly his best shot of the innings and the milestone was only his second first-class ton.

West Indies declared in the 145th over of their innings after their tail-enders Seales and Shamar Joseph delivered some meaty blows. That left enough time for the bowlers to have a crack, which they did successfully.