That’s it from us folks!
A great all-round performance from South Africa resulted in a six-wicket win for the Proteas over Bangladesh which made for some good watching. However, we’re not done with today’s action, and there’s a match coming up shortly where Group 2 leaders Pakistan will take on Namibia! Click here to catch the latest updates, live score and more from that contest!
Kagiso Rabada, PotM: “The wicket favoured the seamers, I’m just glad that today was my day.
Every time we have the opportunity to practice, we try to implement what we’ve learned from previous mistakes. We work hard.
Having played a few IPL games here, we’ve seen a bit of movement from the ball, so we weren’t really surprised tonight.
We played one game in Dubai, but from what I can tell, this pitch looks the best. There’s some good bounce, good skid, the ball just takes off at times.
Anrich Nortje’s been in good form for so long, I’m so glad to be working with him.
South Africa win by 6 wickets!
Mahedi to bowl, South Africa need 5 runs in 42 balls. Two singles to start, and then the new man Miller hits a boundary to wrap up the win for the Proteas!
After 13 overs,South Africa 80/4 ( Temba Bavuma (C) 30 , )
Nasum to bowl his second over. Rassie van der Dussen works it past long-on, who makes a valiant effort to prevent the boundary. The South Africa duo run three. Wide and dot follow, before Bavuma awkwardly manages to lift a shot over backward point for FOUR! Single and then Rassie van der Dussen’s turn to go big, he went down the track and lifted it over the wide mid-on region for FOUR! Oh, catch! Very well done Shoriful Islam, it was a tough catch and he’s held on to it just about. Van der Dussen is OUT! Too little too late for it to matter much probably.
After 12 overs,South Africa 67/3 ( Rassie van der Dussen 15 , Temba Bavuma (C) 25)
Soumya Sarkar to bowl his first over. Two singles, a dot and another single in the first four delivers, and then Bavuma hits a boundary! It’s hammered straight down the ground and over the bowler’s head, one bounce and over for FOUR! Dot to end the over.
After 10 overs,Bangladesh 40/5 ( Liton Das (W) 20 , Shamim Hossain 3)
Shoriful Islam to bowl his final over now. He’s been very economical so far, can he finish off with a wicket? Single off the first ball. Oh nice work by Temba Bavuma, worked through the gap past mid-on and then he runs three. Despite the loss of wickets, South Africa are still well on course to wrap this up with a few overs to spare. Dot, single and two dots to end the over, time for a drinks break.
After 6 overs,South Africa 33/3 ( Rassie van der Dussen 6 , Temba Bavuma (C) 0)
Taskin Ahmed to bowl the last over of the powerplay. All things considered, it’s actually been a pretty decent powerplay for Bangladesh. He begins with a dot, single and dot. Oh, four byes there, that was a huge seamer and the sheer movement of it was enough to outfox both batter and keeper. OUT! Taskin Ahmed strikes and Bangladesh are actually making a game of this! Aiden Markram tries a defensive shot, but it picks up a healthy edge and slip fielder Mohammad Naim takes a good catch. Dot to end the over.
OUT! Quinton de Kock’s a goner!
South Africa have gotten off to a much slower start than they would have liked, and de Kock departs after getting bowled by Mahedi Hasan!
Quinton de Kock b Mahedi Hasan 16 (15 balls)
After 1 overs,South Africa 6/1 ( Quinton de Kock (W) 1 , Rassie van der Dussen 0)
Taskin Ahmed to bowl the first over, and he starts with a wide. Quinton de Kock and Hendricks out for SA. Single and dot follow, and then Ahmed is absolutely convinced he’s picked up a wicket here. He appeals loudly for LBW but the umpire isn’t having it. Oh nicely played, punched into the offside past extra cover by Hendricks, that’s FOUR! Dot and then OUT! Taskin has the early breakthrough, Hendricks is out! Beats the inside edge and traps him LBW, finger goes up straight away.
After 19 overs,Bangladesh 84/10 ( Shoriful Islam 0 , )
Anrich Nortje to bowl the penultimate over. OUT! Caught and bowled, that was too easy for Nortje! Mahedi Hasan hits it straight up into the air and Nortje sprints to take the catch. Another wicket! Nasum Ahmed takes out his own stumps, that’s hit wicket and Bangladesh are bowled out for 84! It’s been an excellent bowling performance from South Africa, and it was helped to a huge extent by some terrible batting from Bangladesh. South Africa should be able to chase this down easily enough.