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Bangladesh vs South Africa, 1st T20I at Dhaka, , Jul 05 2015 - Match Result

RESULT
1st T20I, Mirpur, July 05, 2015, South Africa tour of Bangladesh
(18.5/20 ov, T:149) 96

South Africa won by 52 runs

Player Of The Match
79* (61)
faf-du-plessis
Match centre 
Comms: Karthik Krishnaswamy
Scorecard summary
South Africa 148/4(20 overs)
2/19 (3)
Bangladesh 96/10(18.5 overs)

4.30pm And that is that. Comfortable win for South Africa, who go 1-0 up in the two-match T20 series. It was fun bringing the game to you. We hope you'll be back for the rest of the series too. Until then, bye!

Faf du Plessis: "Wicket was tough, specially with the new ball, spinners were bowling well, ball wasn't bouncing much. Took time to get used to the conditions, but once we got in we started playing well. Old man [Duminy] bowled well today, the wicket was conducive to the spinners, and he put them under real pressure. It's good when you have someone like JP who can chip in with the ball as well. It's nice to be batting again. We've been off for two months or so, so it's nice to play competitive cricket again. It's a knock that you'd like to play as a batter. Not the easiest wicket, not a flat T20 wicket, had to graft a lot. Ball was spinning and staying low, we just needed a partnership, and Rilee played really well. That was the match-winning partnership." Faf is the Man of the Match too.

Mashrafe Mortaza: "Bowlers bowled petty well. We would have done well to restrict them to 130, but we couldn't build partnerships as a batting order. The wicket looked a bit slow, it was a plan [to start with the spinners] and all the bowlers bowled well, I think. I think batters played too many shots, but we can fix it, it's not too much of a worry, the way they are batting. We'll be back in the next match."

4.15pm Easy win for South Africa, whose spinners possibly derived even more help from this pitch than their Bangladesh counterparts. No partnerships for Bangladesh apart from the one between Shakib and Mushfiqur, and that means they've slipped to their lowest ever T20 total at home.

18.5
W
Parnell to Mustafizur, OUT

makes room to carve through the off side and Parnell finishes the game with a yorker, smacks into off stump after squeezing under Mustafizur's bat

Mustafizur Rahman b Parnell 1 (6b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 16.66
18.4
Parnell to Mustafizur, no run

back of a length on off stump, defended off the back foot into the off side

18.3
Parnell to Mustafizur, no run

very short, and it rises very high. Mustafizur has to reach a long way over his shoulder to try and connect as he backs away. Not called wide.

18.2
Parnell to Mustafizur, no run

makes room again and he follows him with a short ball on middle stump. Chops it down towards point

18.1
Parnell to Mustafizur, no run

slower short ball outside off, backs away to steer it to third man and can't put bat to ball

end of over 183 runs • 2 wickets
BAN: 96/9CRR: 5.33 RRR: 26.50
Arafat Sunny1 (2b)
Mustafizur Rahman1 (1b)
David Wiese 3-0-12-2
Wayne Parnell 2-0-12-0
17.6
Wiese to Arafat Sunny, no run

back of a length outside off, dabbed away to backward point

17.5
1
Wiese to Mustafizur, 1 run

on the pads again, clipped away to the right of short fine leg

17.4
1
Wiese to Arafat Sunny, 1 run

slower ball on the pads, tucked away through square leg

Mustafizur in at No. 11. It's Arafat on strike, since they crossed over

17.3
W
Wiese to Litton Das, OUT

slower length ball outside off and he moves across again to sweep, ends up top-edging and AB - he's been everywhere today - takes it well, moving backwards from square leg

Litton Das c de Villiers b Wiese 22 (26b 0x4 1x6 33m) SR: 84.61
17.3
1w
Wiese to Litton Das, 1 wide

slower ball wide outside off, too wide, and Litton leaves it alone

17.2
Wiese to Litton Das, no run

moves a long way across to whip the ball from wide outside off. Was looking to go over short fine leg but he can't get the elevation, rolls down to the fielder

Arafat Sunny is the No. 10.

17.1
W
Wiese to Litton Das, OUT

full slower ball outside off and Litton shuffles across to whip it towards square leg. Gazi scurries out of his crease even though the ball went straight to the fielder, and Litton sent him back. Doesn't beat the throw in from AB and Wiese completes the run-out comfortably

Sohag Gazi run out (de Villiers/Wiese) 3 (6b 0x4 0x6 10m) SR: 50
end of over 174 runs
BAN: 93/7CRR: 5.47 RRR: 18.66
Litton Das22 (23b 1x6)
Sohag Gazi3 (6b)
Wayne Parnell 2-0-12-0
Jean-Paul Duminy 4-0-11-2
16.6
1
Parnell to Litton Das, 1 run

slower bouncer, and Litton has to wait for it to come on to help it to short fine leg

16.5
Parnell to Litton Das, no run

bouncer, dug in very short, and Litton can't connect with the hook

16.4
1
Parnell to Sohag Gazi, 1 run

down the track comes Gazi. Parnell follows with a full ball angloed into his feet and he drives it in the air towards long-on

around the wicket now

16.3
1
Parnell to Litton Das, 1 run

back of a length outside off, dabbed away fine but can't beat short third man, Phangiso, who dives to his left to make the stop

16.2
1
Parnell to Sohag Gazi, 1 run

another short ball, controls the pull well down to deep square leg

16.1
Parnell to Sohag Gazi, no run

dug in short, rises sharply towards the left shoulder, jumps in the air to defend into the on side

Parnell. Bangladesh need 60 from four overs.

end of over 162 runs
BAN: 89/7CRR: 5.56 RRR: 15.00
Litton Das20 (20b 1x6)
Sohag Gazi1 (3b)
Jean-Paul Duminy 4-0-11-2
Kagiso Rabada 3-0-28-2
15.6
Duminy to Litton Das, no run

tossed up outside off, Litton goes for the reverse-sweep, mindful of third man being inside the circle, but there's sharp turn and bounce and can't make contact, ball pops up off the flap of his pad

15.5
1
Duminy to Sohag Gazi, 1 run

quicker now, back of a length outside off, dabbed gently to short third man

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
F du Plessis
79 runs (61)
8 fours0 six
Productive shot
flick
23 runs
1 four0 six
Control
89%
RR Rossouw
31 runs (21)
2 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
on drive
7 runs
0 four1 six
Control
71%
Best performances - bowlers
JP Duminy
O
4
M
0
R
11
W
2
ECO
2.75
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
D Wiese
O
3
M
0
R
12
W
2
ECO
4
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
TossSouth Africa, elected to bat first
Series
Season2015
Player Of The Match
Series resultSouth Africa led the 2-match series 1-0
Match numberT20I no. 428
Hours of play (local time)13.00 start, First Session 13.00-14.30, Interval 14.30-14.50, Second Session 14.50-16.10
Match days5 July 2015 - day (20-over match)
T20I debut
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