| 0.0 : PITCH REPORT - Darren Sammy is down for the pitch report. He states that the square boundaries are long and the batters have to hit well. Murali Karthik is also there with him and he says that the pitch looks green and is very hard. Adds that fast bowlers would enjoy their time on this track and it is a fresh pitch. |
| ....Match Day.... |
| Hello folks! A very warm welcome to game number 30 of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup where Bangladesh will go up against South Africa in Abu Dhabi. Things are getting quite interesting in both group A and B as the race for semi-final is heating up in UAE. |
| Bangladesh haven't managed to win a single game so far and they have only themselves to blame as they have not managed to put their best foot forward against some quality oppositions of their group. Things seem to be getting worse for them as their premier all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan, has been ruled out of the competition due to an injury. The Bangla Tigers have been inconsistent with both the bat and ball. The likes of Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah and Mustafizur Rahman need to step up if they |
| South Africa, led by Temba Bavuma, have come back really well after facing a defeat in their opening encounter against Australia. They have won back-to-back games after that and are looking like a well-balanced unit. The return of Quinton de Kock has further bolstered their batting lineup and the icing on the cake for them was their hard-hitter David Miller getting back in form against Sri Lanka. The Proteas look a completely different unit when their batting fires as they are packed with some w |
| South Africa (UNCHANGED playing XI) - Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (WK) (In for Heinrich Klaasen), Temba Bavuma (C), Aiden Markram, David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi. |
| South Africa (Unchanged playing XI) - Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (WK), Temba Bavuma (C), Aiden Markram, David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi. |
| Bangladesh (Playing XI) - Mohammad Naim, Liton Das (WK), Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (C), Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain (In for Shakib Al Hasan), Soumya Sarkar, Mahedi Hasan, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed (In for Mustafizur Rahman). |
| Temba Bavuma, the skipper of South Africa, says that they want to bowl, there is a little grass on the wicket and that has been the trend. Adds the last win boost their confidence and they would look to ride the momentum forward. Mentions he hopes the wicket assists his pacers and informs he is playing the same team and he hopes they can improve his fielding. |
| Mahmudullah, the skipper of Bangladesh, says they that wanted to bowl as well. Informs Shakib is out and so is Mustafizur. Mentions Shakib is a big loss but it is a chance for the other players to step up. Adds they were close to a win in the last two games but they still have pride to play and he hopes they can do well. |
| TOSS - Both captains are out in the middle. Up goes the coin and it lands in the favor of South Africa. They have elected to BOWL first. |
| We are set to begin! Both teams line up for their respective national anthems. First it will be Bangladesh's followed by South Africa's. We are done with the pre-match formalities. Both the openers - Mohammad Naim and Liton Das walk out to the middle. The players of South Africa stride out to the middle as well. The players of both the teams take the knee to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Keshav Maharaj to start with the ball. Here we go... |
| 0.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Mohammad Naim, Starts off with a tossed up ball, just outside off. Naim looks to drive it through the off side but it goes off the inner half back to the bowler. |
| 0.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Mohammad Naim, On middle, Naim hangs back and works it through mid-wicket for one. Bangladesh and Naim are underway. |
| 0.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Liton Das, Flatter and on off, Das hangs back and pushes it to covers. |
| 0.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Liton Das, Misfield and two! Das is underway too! On middle, this is worked towards mid-wicket. Nortje runs to his right, tries to pick the ball up casually with one hand but does not do so. Another run taken. |
| 0.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Liton Das, On middle, Das keeps it out. |
| 0.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Liton Das, A single to end. AÂ tidy first over by Keshav Maharaj! On middle, it is nudged around the corner for one. |
| 1.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Liton Das, Slightly shorter and outside off, Das guides it to point. |
| 0.6 : Kagiso Rabada to bowl from the opposite end. |
| 1.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Liton Das, FOUR! Delightful! Lovely timing! Length and on off, Das strokes it on the up, it races through covers for the first boundary of the game. |
| 1.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Liton Das, Now stands tall and guides this short ball down to third man for one. |
| 1.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Naim, Rabada gets away with one! Good from de Kock! On the pads, Naim looks to flick but misses. It hits the pad. De Kock dives to his right and stops it. |
| 1.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Naim, Another one on a length and around middle, blocked. |
| 1.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Naim, A loud appeal but turned down! Going down leg! This one shapes back in as Rabada goes fuller. The line is a little too straight. Naim looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. 5Â from Rabada's first. |
| 2.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Liton Das, On middle, Das pushes it to the right of the bowler who moves there and stops it. |
| 2.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Liton Das, Well bowled! Das comes down the track, Maharaj spots it and shortens the length. It is pushed down to long off for one. |
| 2.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Mohammad Naim, On middle, Naim now nudges it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 2.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Liton Das, Steps out again, makes it into a full toss this time, it is hit down to long off for one. |
| 2.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Mohammad Naim, MISFIELD AND FOUR! Second error from South Africa today and both on the bowling of Maharaj! Bavuma did mention he wants the fielding to be better at the toss but South Africa have been poor to begin with. Markram the culprit who is usually a gun fielder! This is shorter and on middle, it is pulled wide of long on. Markram runs there but lets it through for a boundary. |
| 2.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Mohammad Naim, A single to end then! On off, this is pushed towards mid off for one. |
| 3.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Naim, A low full toss on middle, Naim plays it to mid on and takes one. |
| 3.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Liton Das, Shorter and on middle, Das works it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 3.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Naim, Really good fielding! That is South Africa like! Shorter and on off, Naim guides it towards point. The fielder there dives to his right and pushes it towards backward point. The batters go for one. The backward point fielder picks it up and has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. Would have been tight. |
| 3.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Liton Das, On middle, this is pushed to mid on for one. |
| 3.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Naim, WIDE! A slower one but well wide outside off, Naim slashes but misses. Wided. |
| Soumya Sarkar walks out to bat at No.3. |
| 3.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Soumya Sarkar, OUT! THAT IS INDEED PAD FIRST! Three reds too and Rabada will be on a hat-trick in his next over! What a delivery to bowl first up to a new batter! Rabada goes full, fast and gets it to tail back in from around off. Sarkar plants his front foot right across and looks to jam it out. There are two noises, it has surely hit both bat and pad but not sure what it has hit first. A huge appeal but turned down. The South Africans are pretty sure and review. Replays s |
| South Africa have taken a review for an LBW. Ultra Edge shows a flat line as the ball passes the bat. It has hit the pad first. Ball Tracking shows all three reds. The on-field decision will be reversed. |
| 4.1 : Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, Good length and on off, Das guides it to point. |
| 3.5 : Mushfiqur Rahim is the new batsman in. Also, Anrich Nortje is introduced into the attack. |
| 4.2 : Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, Back of a length and on off, Das pushes it to covers. |
| 4.3 : Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, Angled into the pads, Das works it through mid-wicket. Two taken. Nicely played, just let the ball come to him. |
| 4.4 : Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, Good length and on off, Das guides it to point. |
| 4.5 : Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, A good bumper, Das ducks under it. |
| 4.6 : Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, Good length and on off, Das guides it to point. |
| 3.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Mohammad Naim, OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE MAN! Bangladesh lose their first and quite early! Rabada strikes! A shortish ball on middle, seems like Rabada rolled his fingers over the ball. Naim looks to pull but is a touch early in the stroke. It goes more off the bottom and straight to mid-wicket where Reeza Hendricks takes a dolly. |
| 5.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Mushfiqur Rahim, In the air... safe! Almost got the hat-trick! Shorter and on middle, Rahim looks to nudge it on the leg side. He closes the face of the bat early. It goes off the leading edge but lands well short of point. |
| 5.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Mushfiqur Rahim, Good length and on middle, Rahim blocks. |
| 5.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Mushfiqur Rahim, OUT! TAKEN! That is a clean catch! Rabada is breathing fire here as he has his third. Shorter and on off, Rahim looks to defend but the extra bounce does him in. This flies off the outside edge towards widish slip where Reeza Hendricks takes a sharp catch above his head. Rahim hangs around as he is not sure about it being taken cleanly. It is referred and replays show Hendricks has done well to hang onto it. |
| 5.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Mahmudullah, Close! This one tails back in from outside off, Mahmudullah looks to flick but it goes off the inner half through square leg. Two taken. |
| Mahmudullah is the new man in. |
| 5.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Mahmudullah, WIDE! Short but down the leg side, Mahmudullah lets it go. Wided. |
| Kagiso Rabada to Mahmudullah, WIDE! This is well wide outside off, Mahmudullah looks to drive but misses. |
| 5.3 : The on-field umpires want to see if it is a clean catch and therefore they have sent it upstairs. They are checking if Reeza Hendricks has caught that cleanly! The soft signal is OUT. The replay shows that Reeza Hendricks had his hands underneath the ball and so it is a clean catch. |
| 5.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Mahmudullah, On middle, defended. |
| 5.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Mahmudullah, Lands safe! That is a snorter! Short and on middle, takes off after landing. Mahmudullah looks to fend it away. It hits the splice and lobs back towards the bowler who runs towards the ball but it lands safe. |
| 6.1 : Dwaine Pretorius to Liton Das, Fuller in length, at 117 kph, on off. Liton Das pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : Dwaine Pretorius comes to bowl. |
| 6.2 : Dwaine Pretorius to Liton Das, Full again, outside off. Liton Das steers it towards deep backward point for a single. |
| 6.3 : Dwaine Pretorius to Mahmudullah, On a length, around off. Mahmudullah guides it to point. He crosses ends. |
| 6.4 : Dwaine Pretorius to Liton Das, Length ball, outside off. Liton Das puts a stride forward and drives it towards sweeper cover. A single is taken. |
| 6.5 : Dwaine Pretorius to Mahmudullah, Full and outside off, Mahmudullah makes room for himself and steps out. He reaches out for it but misses. |
| 6.6 : Dwaine Pretorius to Mahmudullah, A dot to end the over! Outside off, Mahmudullah punches it to point. A tidy start from Dwaine Pretorius. Only 3 runs from the over. |
| 7.1 : Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, Outside off, this is guided down to third man for one. |
| 0.0 : Anrich Nortje is back on. Just 2 runs from his first over. |
| 7.2 : Anrich Nortje to Mahmudullah, That has jagged back in sharply! Length and on off, slightly shorter. It comes back in. Mahmudullah is cut into half as he tries to put bat on ball. It goes over the middle pole. |
| 7.3 : Anrich Nortje to Mahmudullah, Leg bye! Angled into the pads, Mahmudullah looks to flick but misses. It hits the pad and rolls on the leg side for a leg bye. |
| 7.4 : Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, On middle, Das stays back and blocks. |
| 7.5 : Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, Looks to bowl a yorker but ends up serving a full toss, it is hit down to long on for one. |
| 7.6 : Anrich Nortje to Mahmudullah, OUT! TAKEN! Not sure how Mahmudullah did not know he hit that! Probably it was a review in hope! Bangladesh slip further and it is Nortje who gets his first now. Extra bounce again does the trick! Short and on off, Mahmudllah looks to fend it away. It gets big on him. He fails to ride on top of the bounce. It hits the glove, then the shoulder and lobs to point where Markram takes an easy catch. Mahmudullah reviews. Replays show that there is a spike on Ultra Ed |
| 8.1 : Dwaine Pretorius to Afif Hossain, OUT! TIMBER! Two in two for South Africa and really not sure what Afif tried to play there! It is his first ball. He just steps down the track, it is bowled full and on middle, Afif swings across the line but misses and the stumps are shattered. All falling apart for Bangladesh. |
| 0.0 : Afif Hossain walks out to bat. |
| Shamim Hossain is the new man in. |
| 8.2 : Dwaine Pretorius to Shamim Hossain, An inswinger this time, the line is way too straight, Hossain looks to flick but misses. It hits the pad and rolls to the keeper. |
| 0.0 : Mahmudullah takes a review. He is sure that it didn't come off the bat. Ultra Edge confirms there was some glove on it and Mahmudullah will have to depart. Bangladesh lose the review as well. |
| 8.3 : Dwaine Pretorius to Shamim Hossain, Fuller and on off, Hossain pushes it to covers. |
| 8.4 : Dwaine Pretorius to Shamim Hossain, On the pads, Hossain works it through square leg for one. |
| 8.5 : Dwaine Pretorius to Liton Das, On middle, defended. |
| 8.6 : Dwaine Pretorius to Liton Das, A single! Outside off, this is guided towards point. The fielder there dives to his left, it hits the hand and goes towards third man for one. |
| 9.1 : Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, Short of a length, on off. Liton Das dabs it towards point where the fielder dives to his right to stop the ball. |
| 9.2 : Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, Full and on middle, Das nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 9.3 : Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, Fuller in length, on off. Das pushes it to the off side. |
| 9.4 : Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, WIDE! Short ball, on leg. Liton Das ducks under it. Wide signalled by the umpire. |
| Anrich Nortje to Liton Das, On a length, outside off. Liton Das hops and guides it to third man for a single. |
| 9.5 : Anrich Nortje to Shamim Hossain, Short from Norje again, on middle. A well directed short-pitched delivery. Shamim Hossain sways away from it. |
| 9.6 : Anrich Nortje to Shamim Hossain, On the pads, Shamim Hossain tucks it behind square on the leg side for a couple of runs. At the halfway mark, Bangladesh are 40/5. |
| 10.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Liton Das, Flatter ball, outside off. Liton Das cuts it to backward point. |
| 10.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Liton Das, A tad short, outside off. Liton Das rocks back and pulls it along the ground towards deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 10.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Shamim Hossain, Tossed up, on middle. Shamim Hossain prods to block this one out. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! South Africa are all over Bangladesh right now and the Bangla Tigers are in deep, deep trouble. The Proteas would look to wrap things up quickly from here on while Bangladesh would look for a final flourish. Keshav Maharaj (2-0-12-0) comes back on. |
| 10.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Shamim Hossain, Quicker ball, around off. Shamim Hossain pushes it to mid-wicket. |
| 10.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Shamim Hossain, Flatter and quicker, around leg. Shamim Hossain flicks it to deep mid-wicket and takes a run. |
| 10.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Liton Das, Another flatter one and coming in with the angle from middle. Liton Das tucks it to the right of the bowler and collects a single. |
| 11.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Liton Das, Tossed up, outside off. Liton Das carves it through covers for a couple of runs. |
| 0.0 : Tabraiz Shamsi is brought into the attack now. |
| 11.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Liton Das, Tossed up, around middle, turning in late. Liton Das clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 11.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Liton Das, OUT! LBW! Bangladesh lose a review as well! Nicely tossed up, on middle, turning in sharply. Liton Das looks to flick but he misses and gets hit on his front pad. Tabraiz Shamsi puts in an appeal and the umpire raises his finger in no time. Das opts for a review but the Ball Tracker indicates three reds and it is OUT! Das takes his walk back to the pavilion. |
| Liton Das have opted for a review. Ultra Edge shows no bat involved. Ball Tracking shows all three reds. Bangladesh lose a review. The on-field decision will stay. |
| 11.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mahedi Hasan, Tossed up, outside off. Mahedi Hasan skips down and drills it to long off for a run. |
| 11.3 : The new batter in is Mahedi Hasan. |
| 11.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shamim Hossain, Floated, around leg. Shamim Hossain blocks it off the front foot. |
| 11.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shamim Hossain, Tossed up, around off. Shamim Hossain prods and drives it to cover. |
| 12.1 : Keshav Maharaj to Mahedi Hasan, FOUR! A much-needed boundary for Bangladesh! Flatter ball, on middle. Mahedi Hasan stays back and just guides it past the short third man fielder for a boundary. |
| 12.2 : Keshav Maharaj to Mahedi Hasan, Tossed up, outside off. Mahedi Hasan looks to drive but it goes off the outer half and it goes just past David Miller at backward point. Two taken. |
| 12.3 : Keshav Maharaj to Mahedi Hasan, A tad short, down leg. Mahedi Hasan clips it to short fine leg. |
| 12.4 : Keshav Maharaj to Mahedi Hasan, Flatter ball, outside off. Mahedi Hasan guides it behind square on the off side for one. |
| 12.5 : Keshav Maharaj to Shamim Hossain, Flatter ball, on middle. Shamim Hossain eases it to long on for a run. |
| 12.6 : Keshav Maharaj to Mahedi Hasan, Floated, around off. Mahedi Hasan pushes it to cover. |
| 13.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shamim Hossain, Fuller in length, down leg. Shamim Hossain looks for a sweep but it goes off the inner half behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 13.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mahedi Hasan, Flatter ball, outside off. Mahedi Hasan blocks it out. |
| 13.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mahedi Hasan, Flatter ball, down leg. Mahedi Hasan stays back and tucks it to the leg side for one. |
| 13.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shamim Hossain, NOT OUT! Shamim Hossain survives! Tossed up, around leg. Hossain looks to play the reverse sweep but he misses and gets hit on his pad. Tabraiz Shamsi puts in an appeal but the umpire says no. Quinton de Kock suggests Temba Bavuma to opt for a review. The Ball Tracker shows that the impact is umpire's call and the wickets missing. |
| 13.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shamim Hossain, Flatter ball, outside off. Shamim Hossain rocks back to cut but finds the backward point fielder. |
| 13.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shamim Hossain, Flatter ball, around off. Shamim Hossain pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 13.4 : South Africa have taken a review for an LBW. UltraEdge shows no bat involved. Ball Tracking shows that the impact was umpire's call and it was going down leg. South Africa lose a review. |
| 14.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Mahedi Hasan, NO BALL! Short of a length, outside off. Mahedi Hasan has a slash at it but misses. Kagiso Rabada has overstepped and Mahedi Hasan will get a free hit. |
| Kagiso Rabada to Mahedi Hasan, Full and outside off, Mahedi Hasan has swing at it but misses. |
| 0.0 : Kagiso Rabada (3-0-14-3) to bowl out. |
| 14.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Mahedi Hasan, Back of a length, around off. Mahedi Hasan looks to defend on the back foot but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 14.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Mahedi Hasan, Pitches it full and outside off, Mahedi Hasan throws the kitchen sink at it but again fails to connect. |
| 14.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Mahedi Hasan, Back of a length, on leg. Mahedi Hasan tickles it to fine leg for a run. |
| 14.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Shamim Hossain, NO BALL! Full ball, outside off. Shamim Hossain drives it to mid off for a single. Free Hit coming up. |
| Kagiso Rabada to Shamim Hossain, Short ball, outside off. Shamim Hossain slices it over the cover region for a brace. |
| 14.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Shamim Hossain, Good-length ball, on the pads. Shamim Hossain clips it to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 15.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shamim Hossain, Tossed up, outside off. Shamim Hossain plays with the turn and goes over cover. The batters take two. |
| 15.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Shamim Hossain, OUT! CAUGHT! Tabraiz Shamsi has another! Tosses it up, outside off. Shamim Hossain charges down the track and heaves it to long on. Gets height but not the distance on it. Keshav Maharaj settles himself under it and pouches the catch easily. He doesn't drop those. Another sensless dismissal and Bangladesh dig themselves into a bigger hole. |
| Taskin Ahmed walks out to bat now. |
| 15.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mahedi Hasan, Short and outside off, Mahedi Hasan rocks back and cuts it past cover for a run. |
| 15.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Taskin Ahmed, Full and on off, Ahmed leans onto it and drives it through covers for a single. |
| 15.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mahedi Hasan, FOUR! Shamsi drops it short, on middle. Mahedi Hasan hangs back and pulls it with disdain towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 15.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mahedi Hasan, Loopy ball, on off. Mahedi Hasan makes room for himself and lifts it to long off for a run. |
| Dwaine Pretorius (2-0-5-1) is back on. |
| 16.1 : Dwaine Pretorius to Mahedi Hasan, Slower ball, on the pads. Mahedi Hasan clips it to square leg. He rotates the strike by picking up a single. |
| 16.2 : Dwaine Pretorius to Taskin Ahmed, Another slower delivery, outside off. Taskin Ahmed plays it to mid off and hands over the strike to Mahedi Hasan. |
| 16.3 : Dwaine Pretorius to Mahedi Hasan, On middle, tucked to mid-wicket for a single. Keshav Maharaj collects the ball and has a shy at the bowler's end. He misses. There is no one backing up and the batters take a run off overthrows. |
| 16.4 : Dwaine Pretorius to Mahedi Hasan, Slower ball once again, on leg. Mahedi Hasan defends it back to the bowler. |
| 16.5 : Dwaine Pretorius to Mahedi Hasan, On a length, on leg. Mahedi Hasan goes down on his knee and works it to fine leg for one. |
| 16.6 : Dwaine Pretorius to Taskin Ahmed, Fuller in length, on off. Taskin Ahmed chips it past the bowler to long off for a run. |
| 17.1 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Taskin Ahmed, On the pads, clipped to mid-wicket. |
| 17.2 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Taskin Ahmed, OUT! RUN OUT! Excellent work from Temba Bavuma. That is really sharp stuff. Shamsi with a tossed up delivery, on off. Taskin Ahmed plays it to short extra cover. He takes off for a quick single. Temba Bavuma picks up the ball and has ample of time to have an aim at the stumps. He scores a direct hit and Taskin Ahmed is caught well short of his crease. Bangladesh lose their eight. |
| Nasum Ahmed is the new man in. |
| 17.3 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mahedi Hasan, SIX! BANG! First six of the innings! Loopy ball, on off. Mahedi Hasan shimmies down the track and smokes it flat over extra cover for a maximum. |
| 17.4 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mahedi Hasan, Almost dragged on! Full and outside off, Mahedi Hasan shuffles across to sweep but gets an inside edge and the ball goes past the leg stump. |
| 17.5 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mahedi Hasan, On off, Mahedi Hasan tries to reverse sweep. He misses and gets hit on the body. |
| 17.6 : Tabraiz Shamsi to Mahedi Hasan, Very full, outside off. Mahedi Hasan comes down the track and drills it through covers for one. |
| Anrich Nortje (3-0-8-1) comes back to bowl the penultimate over. |
| 18.1 : Anrich Nortje to Mahedi Hasan, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Anrich Nortje bags his second wicket. Short ball, on middle. Mahedi Hasan looks to pull but miscues. He gets a top edge. The ball goes straight up in the air. Anrich Nortje calls for it and grabs a dolly. Mahedi Hasan was looking good but has to depart now. Bangladesh's last hope of crossing 100 is also over. |
| Shoriful Islam walks out to bat. |
| 18.2 : Anrich Nortje to Nasum Ahmed, OUT! BOWLED! Proper fast bowling conditions and South Africa have made full use of it. Full and straight from Nortje. Nasum Ahmed makes room for himself and has a big swing at it. He misses and the stumps behind him gets completely destroyed. Actually, it is not the ball which hits the stumps but it is actually Ahmed who destroys the stumps as he tries to cut. He had moved way back into the crease. HE IS ACTUALLY OUT HIT-WICKET! A complete dominating perform |
| The two quicks, Nortje and Rabada were the stars for South Africa. The latter wrecked havoc at the start and the former in the middle and at the end. The other three also did an affective job. Except for Maharaj, all got a wicket but the left-arm spinner was quite economical. Overall, a complete performance from the Proteas. |
| Yet another sorry display with the bat by Bangladesh! They just could not cope up to the pace and the bounce extracted by the South African players earlier and within no time, they were 5 down. There was no recovery after that. Just the two batters crossed the 20-run mark out of which Mahedi was the top scorer who walked in at number 8. |
| Anrich Nortje is up for a quick chat. He says that they have been doing the basics and they have kept it simple. Adds that he has been working on his lines and it has helped him quite a bit. Tells that they do not want to put the foot off the gas and they wanted to get the wickets as quickly as possible. |
| South Africa should chase this down without breaking a sweat. Infact they would want to score these runs quickly and better their NRR which is already excellent. Really donât see Bangladesh defending this but if they do, it is going to be nothing short than a miracle. |
| ....THE RUN CHASE.... |
| We are set for South Africa's reply! |
| 0.1 : Taskin Ahmed to Quinton de Kock, WIDE! Taskin Ahmed starts with a length ball, down leg. Quinton de Kock looks to flick but misses. Wided. |
| Taskin Ahmed to Quinton de Kock, Fuller in length, on off. Quinton de Kock drives it to mid off for a single. |
| 0.2 : Taskin Ahmed to Reeza Hendricks, Good-length ball, on off, at 144 kph. Reeza Hendricks knocks it back to the bowler. |
| 0.3 : Taskin Ahmed to Reeza Hendricks, Good-length ball, on leg, at 142 kph. Reeza Hendricks looks to tuck it away but gets hit on the pads. Loud appeal from Taskin Ahmed for an lbw but the umpire is unmoved. Bangladesh do no take a review. Probably going down the leg side with the angle. |
| 0.4 : Taskin Ahmed to Reeza Hendricks, FOUR! Reeza Hendricks is off the mark with a boundary! Overpitched delivery, outside off. Hendricks places it in the gap through extra cover and gets a boundary. |
| 0.5 : Taskin Ahmed to Reeza Hendricks, Back of a length, on off. Reeza Hendricks defends it right under his eyes. |
| 0.6 : Taskin Ahmed to Reeza Hendricks, OUT! LBW! Bangladesh get an early breakthrough. Just the start they needed. Taskin Ahmed bowls a length ball, nipping back in sharply, on off. Reeza Hendricks looks to defend but misses. He gets rapped on the pads. Another loud shout from Ahmed and this time the umpire doesn't hesitate to raise his finger. Reeza Hendricks asks Quinton de Kock whether to review or not and he doesn't. That looked dead front. Reeza Hendricks will have to walk back to the |
| 1.1 : Shoriful Islam to Quinton de Kock, Good-length ball, around off. Quinton de Kock blocks it off the back foot. |
| 1.2 : Shoriful Islam to Quinton de Kock, Back of a length, outside off. Quinton de Kock cuts but finds the point fielder. |
| 1.3 : Shoriful Islam to Quinton de Kock, Leading edge, but safe! Back of a length, around off. Quinton de Kock is early in his flick and it takes the leading edge which falls just short of the point fielder. |
| 1.4 : Shoriful Islam to Quinton de Kock, Short of a length, outside off. Quinton de Kock guides it to third man for a single. |
| 1.5 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, Wide! Islam errs in line and spills this one down leg. Rassie van der Dussen misses his flick. Wided! |
| Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, Good-length ball, around off. Rassie van der Dussen skips down a bit and defends it out. |
| 1.6 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, Leg bye! Good-length ball, down leg. Rassie van der Dussen misses his flick and gets hit on the pad. The ball rolls away to the leg side for a leg bye! |
| Rassie van der Dussen is the new man in. Also, Shamim Hossain to bowl from the other end. |
| 2.1 : Taskin Ahmed to Rassie van der Dussen, Fuller in length, on off, at 146 clicks. Rassie van der Dussen drives it to extra cover for a single. |
| 2.2 : Taskin Ahmed to Quinton de Kock, God-length ball, on off. Quinton de Kock defends it to mid on. |
| 2.3 : Taskin Ahmed to Quinton de Kock, On a length, on leg. Quinton de Kock clips it to deep square leg. He comes back for the second run and gets it comfortably. |
| 2.4 : Taskin Ahmed to Quinton de Kock, Length ball, outside off. Quinton de Kock drives it but straight to cover. |
| 2.5 : Taskin Ahmed to Quinton de Kock, Good-length ball, outside off. Quinton de Kock drives but finds the cover fielder again. |
| 2.6 : Taskin Ahmed to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Put away! Short ball, on middle. Quinton de Kock pulls it to deep backward square leg for a boundary. No chance for the fielder to cut it off. The ball races away to the fence in a jiffy. |
| 3.1 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, Short of a length, on off. Rassie van der Dussen hops and defends it on the off side. |
| 3.2 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, On middle, Rassie van der Dussen tucks it on the leg side. |
| 3.3 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, On the pads, Rassie van der Dussen clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 3.4 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! In the gap! Once again, on the pads. Rassie van der Dussen works it to deep square leg. Times this one nicely and fetches himself a boundary. |
| 3.5 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, Short of a lenght, outside off, at 133 kph. Rassie van der Dussen stands up on his toes and cuts it to cover. |
| 3.6 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, On a good length, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen dabs it down to the point fielder. |
| 4.1 : Mahedi Hasan to Quinton de Kock, Loopy ball, on middle. Quinton de Kock defends it back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : Mahedi Hasan comes to bowl. |
| 4.2 : Mahedi Hasan to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Beautifully played! Lovely sound too off the bat! Tosses it up, outside off. Quinton de Kock makes room, opens up his arms and lofts it over extra cover for a boundary. |
| 4.3 : Mahedi Hasan to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Shot! Floats it up, on middle, Quinton de Kock plays a reverse sweep. The ball races past the point fielder for another boundary. Two in a row! |
| 4.4 : Mahedi Hasan to Quinton de Kock, On middle, played to the off side. |
| 4.5 : Mahedi Hasan to Quinton de Kock, OUT! TIMBER! Mahedi Hasan has the last laugh! Gets spanked for a couple of boundaries and responds back. That was a floated delivery, on leg. Quinton de Kock gives himself some room to play it on the off side. He misses it completely. The ball skids on and goes through his bat and pad and disturbs the wooden furniture behind him. South Africa lose their second wicket. |
| 4.6 : Mahedi Hasan to Aiden Markram, Loopy ball, on middle. Aiden Markram nudges it to mid-wicket. 8 runs and a wicket from the over. |
| 4.5 : Aiden Markram is the new man in. |
| 5.1 : Taskin Ahmed to Rassie van der Dussen, BEAUTY! Good-length ball, outside off, shaping away late. Rassie van der Dussen looks to poke at it but the ball zips past his outside edge. |
| 0.0 : Taskin Ahmed (2-0-13-1) is back on. |
| 5.2 : Taskin Ahmed to Rassie van der Dussen, Length ball, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen skips down and drives it towards mid off. Mahmudullah there runs to his left and keeps it to just one. |
| 5.3 : Taskin Ahmed to Aiden Markram, Length ball, angling in from middle. Aiden Markram clips it to mid on. |
| 5.4 : Taskin Ahmed to Aiden Markram, FOUR BYES! WOW! That came back in sharply and Aiden Markram had absolutely no clue about that delivery and he loses his bat as well. Length ball, outside off, jagging back in sharply. Aiden Markram looks to block it but he misses and it beats the keeper as well. The ball races away to the fence. Markram loses his bat too. It slipped out of his hands and almost rattled the stumps. |
| 5.5 : Taskin Ahmed to Aiden Markram, OUT! CAUGHT! Excellent bowling from Taskin Ahmed and he is rewarded with another wicket! Good-length ball, just outside off. Aiden Markram looks to poke at it and it takes the outside edge, the ball goes straight to Mohammad Naim at first slip who takes a sharp catch. South Africa lose their third wicket inside the Powerplay. |
| 5.6 : Taskin Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, BEATEN! This is top-class bowling from Taskin Ahmed and he is keeping South Africa's batters on their toes! Length ball, jagging back in from outside off. Temba Bavuma looks to block but the ball sneaks through his bat and pad. Excellent over from Taskin Ahmed comes to an end. End of the Powerplay, South Africa are 33-3. |
| 6.1 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, Good-length ball, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen lets it be. |
| 6.2 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, Length ball, on off. Rassie van der Dussen prods and pushes it to mid off. |
| 6.3 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, Back of a length, around leg. Rassie van der Dussen tucks it to the leg side for a single. |
| 6.4 : Shoriful Islam to Temba Bavuma, Length ball, around off. Temba Bavuma stands tall and pushes it to cover. |
| 6.5 : Shoriful Islam to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length, on off. Temba Bavuma stays back and blocks it awkwardly in the end. |
| 6.6 : Shoriful Islam to Temba Bavuma, Length ball, outside off. Temba Bavuma prods and carves it past covers. Mahedi Hasan gives it a chase and pushes the ball inside by diving in front of the ropes. The batters take three runs. |
| 7.1 : Taskin Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, Short of a length, jagging back in from middle. Temba Bavuma tucks it to the leg side off the back foot. |
| 7.2 : Taskin Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, Full ball, outside off. Temba Bavuma drives it to mid off, off the front foot. |
| 7.3 : Taskin Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, Good-length ball, angling in from off. Temba Bavuma skips down and blocks it in the end as he is cramped for room. |
| 7.4 : Taskin Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Glorious! Length ball, around off. Temba Bavuma comes forward and drives it handsomely past mid off to collect a boundary. |
| 7.5 : Taskin Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, Good-length ball, around off. Temba Bavuma blocks it off the back foot. |
| 7.6 : Taskin Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, Good-length ball, on off. Temba Bavuma pushes it back to the bowler. Taskin Ahmed collects the ball and scores a direct hit at the striker's end. Bavuma is well inside the crease. Taskin Ahmed finishes with figures of (4-0-18-2). |
| 0.0 : Temba Bavuma walks out to bat. |
| 8.1 : Nasum Ahmed to Rassie van der Dussen, Tossed up, around off. Rassie van der Dussen eases it to long off for a single. |
| 8.2 : Nasum Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, Flatter ball, on off. Temba Bavuma pushes it to cover off the back foot. |
| 8.3 : Nasum Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, Good running! Tossed up, on off. Temba Bavuma stays back and taps it past point. He comes back for the second run and gets it easily. |
| 0.0 : Nasum Ahmed to operate now. |
| 8.4 : Nasum Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, SIX! BANG! A half-tracker, around off. Temba Bavuma rocks back and pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 8.5 : Nasum Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, Flatter ball, on off. Temba Bavuma pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 8.6 : Nasum Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, A quicker ball, on middle. Temba Bavuma defends it out. |
| 9.1 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, Back of a length, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen tucks it to the leg side for one. |
| 0.0 : Shoriful Islam (3-0-10-0) to bowl out. |
| 9.2 : Shoriful Islam to Temba Bavuma, Length ball, angling in from middle. Bavuma flicks it to wide of deep mid-wicket and collects three runs. |
| 9.3 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, Short of a length, around off. Rassie van der Dussen stays back and dabs it back onto the deck. |
| 9.4 : Shoriful Islam to Rassie van der Dussen, Back of a length, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen hangs back and pulls it along the ground to rotate the strike. |
| 9.5 : Shoriful Islam to Temba Bavuma, Bavuma shuffles across, Shoriful Islam sees it and bowls it wide outside off. Bavuma leaves it alone thinking that it is a wide. The umpire does not call it a wide as Bavuma had moved across a tad too much. |
| 9.6 : Shoriful Islam to Temba Bavuma, Length ball, outside off. Temba Bavuma drives hard but straight to the cover fielder. 30 runs needed from 60 balls. |
| 10.1 : Mahedi Hasan to Rassie van der Dussen, Tossed up, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen clips it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 10.2 : Mahedi Hasan to Temba Bavuma, This is fuller in length, around middle. Temba Bavuma eases it to long on for a run. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! South Africa did lose three wickets in the Powerplay but Rassie van der Dussen and Temba Bavuma have steadied the ship since then. They require just 30 runs now and would look to quickly wrap things up without any further hiccups. Mahedi Hasan (1-0-8-1) comes back on. |
| 10.3 : Mahedi Hasan to Rassie van der Dussen, Tossed up, around middle. Rassie van der Dussen skips down and pushes it to long on for one. |
| 10.4 : Mahedi Hasan to Temba Bavuma, Well bowled! Floated, outside off. Temba Bavuma looks to defend but he misses and the ball zips past his outside edge. |
| 10.5 : Mahedi Hasan to Temba Bavuma, Loopy ball, on middle. Temba Bavuma works it to long on. The batters cross for a run. |
| 10.6 : Mahedi Hasan to Rassie van der Dussen, Flatter ball, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen cuts it past point and keeps the strike for the next over. 25 runs needed off 54 balls now! |
| 11.1 : Soumya Sarkar to Rassie van der Dussen, Good-length ball, angling in from middle. Rassie van der Dussen tucks it to deep square leg for a run. |
| 0.0 : Soumya Sarkar to roll his arm now. |
| 11.2 : Soumya Sarkar to Temba Bavuma, Slower ball, on a length, around off. Temba Bavuma pushes it to mid on and takes off for a single. |
| 11.3 : Soumya Sarkar to Rassie van der Dussen, Back of a length, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen punches off the back foot but straight to the cover fielder. |
| 11.4 : Soumya Sarkar to Rassie van der Dussen, Good-length ball, outside off. Rassie van der Dussen drives on the up towards mid off. Mahmudullah there runs to his left and puts in a dive to stop the ball. A single taken. |
| 11.5 : Soumya Sarkar to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Temba Bavuma gets hold of one now! Good-length ball, around off. Bavuma stands tall and lofts it over mid on for a boundary. |
| 11.6 : Soumya Sarkar to Temba Bavuma, This is shorter in length, around off. Temba Bavuma stays back to block it to cover. 18 runs needed off 48 balls. |
| 12.2 : Nasum Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, WIDE! Down the leg side. Temba Bavuma leaves it alone. Wided. |
| Nasum Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, Full and outside off, steered to point. |
| 12.1 : Nasum Ahmed to Rassie van der Dussen, Loopy ball, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen steps out and whips it through mid-wicket. The fielder gives it a chase and keeps it down to three runs. |
| 12.3 : Nasum Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Streaky! Short and outside off, Temba Bavuma hangs back and looks to cut. The ball goes off the outside edge towards third man for a boundary. |
| 12.4 : Nasum Ahmed to Temba Bavuma, Full and on the pads, clipped to mid on for a run. |
| 12.5 : Nasum Ahmed to Rassie van der Dussen, FOUR! Rassie van der Dussen takes on the bowler now! Floats it up, on leg. Rassie van der Dussen uses his feet and heaves it to the vacant long on region for a boundary. |
| 12.6 : Nasum Ahmed to Rassie van der Dussen, OUT! TAKEN! A stunner from Shoriful Islam running backwards from mid on! Loopy ball, on middle. Rassie van der Dussen uses his feet again and takes the aerial route. He wanted to finish the game but perishes. Skies it towards long on. Shoriful Islam runs back and grabs a blinder. Kept his eyes under the ball right till the end and pouches it in the end. |
| 13.1 : Mahedi Hasan to David Miller, Outside off, David Miller drags it down to long off for a single. |
| 12.6 : David Miller walks out to bat. Also, Mahedi Hasan is back into the attack. |
| 13.2 : Mahedi Hasan to Temba Bavuma, On the pads, Bavuma tucks it to short fine leg for a sharp single. |
| 13.3 : Mahedi Hasan to David Miller, FOUR! Miller hits the winning runs! This is full, on middle. David Miller smacks it towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary. SOUTH AFRICA WIN BY 6 WICKETS! |
| Bangladesh can be happy with the fact that they did not make run scoring very easy. Especially Taskin and Shoriful who were really good with the new ball but they needed to keep picking up wickets and once the ball got old, their bowlers got less effective. To be honest, they just did not have enough runs on the board. |
| Bangladesh needed a miracle to defend this. They did start off well by dismissing the top order cheaply but one partnership is all that South Africa needed and they got that as Bavuma and Rassie constructed a stand close to victory which took them to the brink of victory. Rassie fell but Miller and Bavuma ensured there were no more wickets to fall and took their side over the line. |
| Earlier in the day, after electing to bowl, brilliant performances from Nortje and Rabada restricted Bangladesh to a very low score. South Africa too had problems against the new ball as they lost three at the start but they ended up chasing it quiet easily. |
| Presentation time... |
| Bangladesh needed a miracle to defend this. They did start off well by dismissing the top order cheaply but one partnership is all that South Africa needed and they got that as Bavuma and Rassie constructed a 50-plus stand. The two started off slowly but scored freely as the innings progressed and took their side over the line. |
| Kagiso Rabada is the Player of the Match. He says that the wicket favoured the seamers and he is glad that it was his day. Adds that they train hard and it finally paid off. Tells that it was not a surprise that the ball moved so much as it did help the bowlers in the Indian T20 league as well. Says that he is happy for Anrich Nortje and he feels good to be bowling alongside him. |
| Mahmudullah, the skipper of Bangladesh, says the wicket was pretty good to bowl on but it was poor batting from them. Adds that Taskin Ahmed has been bowling really well for them and they wanted to give more chances to him. Tells that they are disappointed as they were close to winning two games but unfortunately were not able to do so. |
| Temba Bavuma, the skipper of South Africa, says that it was a good day for them. Mentions that Rabada and Norje exploited the conditions well. Tells that they are blessed to have bowlers like them in the team. Adds that they wanted to get to the target early but the ball was still nipping around when he went in. Informs that they have a big game coming up against England and they need to play their best cricket. |
| That is it from this game! But hold on, do not go anywhere as the next game will begin shortly where Pakistan is set to face Namibia. That game will begin at 6 pm local (2 pm GMT). Switch tabs and we hope to see you there! |
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