RESULT
2nd ODI, Mirpur, March 12, 2008, South Africa tour of Bangladesh
(48.1/50 ov, T:174) 179/3

South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
4/27
andre-nel
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SA
Full commentary

South Africa have sealed the series 2-0 and are just one victory away from gaining the top rank among one-day teams.

Comfortable win in the end. The pair managed to negate the advantage held by the spinners after three wickets fell. Both were patient enough to gauge the turn and force the singles, though the boundaries were hard to come by. Mohammad Ashraful made the mistake by not attacking enough and as a result, the batsmen were easily able to push the singles to long-off and long-on in particular.

Bangladesh appeared to let it all slip away. The century stand between Raqibul and Shakib is their biggest positive from this match. Perhaps chasing won't be a bad idea if Ashraful wins the toss again in Mirpur on Friday.

That's it from us here. Thanks for stopping by. This is Kanishkaa signing off. Cheers!

48.1
6
Tamim to de Villiers, SIX runs

and he seals it with a six.... steps down to a gentle offering from Tamim, lofts it over his head for a big six

end of over 485 runs
SA: 173/3CRR: 3.60 RRR: 0.50
AB de Villiers63 (111b 2x4)
Jean-Paul Duminy49 (93b 1x4)
Syed Rasel 8-0-35-0
Shakib Al Hasan 8-0-28-0
47.6
1
Syed Rasel to de Villiers, 1 run

full and wide outside off, he drives through the line to deep cover

47.5
Syed Rasel to de Villiers, no run
47.4
1
Syed Rasel to Duminy, 1 run

strays on the pads, he gets across and shuffles to midwicket

47.3
1
Syed Rasel to de Villiers, 1 run

gives him a bit of width outside off, he punches it through the covers

47.2
Syed Rasel to de Villiers, no run

he stays back at the crease and defends to mid-off

47.1
Syed Rasel to de Villiers, no run

de Villiers is in no hurry as he defends back to the bowler

47.1
2nb
Syed Rasel to Duminy, (no ball) 1 run

stays back and plays dangerously close to the body and stumps, he dabs it down to third man for a single

end of over 476 runs
SA: 168/3CRR: 3.57 RRR: 2.00
Jean-Paul Duminy47 (91b 1x4)
AB de Villiers61 (106b 2x4)
Shakib Al Hasan 8-0-28-0
Abdur Razzak 10-0-32-2
46.6
1
Shakib to Duminy, 1 run

gets forward and drives through the line to long-on

46.5
Shakib to Duminy, no run

tries to flick and gets an inside edge onto his pads

46.4
1
Shakib to de Villiers, 1 run

gets forward and cuts to short third-man

46.3
Shakib to de Villiers, no run

tries to slog sweep and misses

46.2
Shakib to de Villiers, no run
46.2
4w
Shakib to Duminy, 4 wide

spin, bounce and turn,... that pitches on off on a shortish length, turns in sharply, Duminy weaves away from the stroke and the ball beats him and the keeper

46.1
Shakib to Duminy, no run

rocks back and tucks it away towards midwicket

There's a brief interruption in play as someone flings a missile onto the field. Someone's very unhappy here. No injuries though

end of over 468 runs
SA: 162/3CRR: 3.52 RRR: 3.00
AB de Villiers60 (103b 2x4)
Jean-Paul Duminy46 (88b 1x4)
Abdur Razzak 10-0-32-2
Shakib Al Hasan 7-0-22-0
45.6
2
Razzak to de Villiers, 2 runs

goes for another heave across the line, he connects but doesn't get the elevation to reach the boundary, the ball lands safe near deep midwicket

45.5
Razzak to de Villiers, no run

steps out and gets an inside edge onto his pads

45.4
4
Razzak to de Villiers, FOUR runs

flighted on middle and leg, he slog sweeps and takes it on the half volley and heaves it over midwicket

45.3
1
Razzak to Duminy, 1 run

shuffles and tucks it wide of short midwicket

45.2
1lb
Razzak to de Villiers, 1 leg bye

stays back at the crease and whips it to the on side