Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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 Iqbal to de Villiers, SIX, 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:
48 | 5 Runs | SA: 173/3 (1 run required from 12 balls, RR: 3.60, RRR: 0.50)

  • AB de Villiers63 (111b)
  • Jean-Paul Duminy49 (93b)
  • Syed Rasel8-0-35-0
  • Shakib Al Hasan8-0-28-0
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
0
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
0
Syed Rasel to de Villiers, no run, he stays back at the crease and defends to mid-off
47.1
0
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:
47 | 6 Runs | SA: 168/3 (6 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 3.57, RRR: 2.00)

  • Jean-Paul Duminy47 (91b)
  • AB de Villiers61 (106b)
  • Shakib Al Hasan8-0-28-0
  • Abdur Razzak10-0-32-2
46.6
1
Shakib Al Hasan to Duminy, 1 run, gets forward and drives through the line to long-on
46.5
0
Shakib Al Hasan to Duminy, no run, tries to flick and gets an inside edge onto his pads
46.4
1
Shakib Al Hasan to de Villiers, 1 run, gets forward and cuts to short third-man
46.3
0
Shakib Al Hasan to de Villiers, no run, tries to slog sweep and misses
46.2
0
Shakib Al Hasan to de Villiers, no run,
46.2
4w
Shakib Al Hasan to Duminy, 4 wides, 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
0
Shakib Al Hasan 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:
46 | 8 Runs | SA: 162/3 (12 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 3.52, RRR: 3.00)

  • AB de Villiers60 (103b)
  • Jean-Paul Duminy46 (88b)
  • Abdur Razzak10-0-32-2
  • Shakib Al Hasan7-0-22-0
45.6
2
Abdur 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
0
Abdur Razzak to de Villiers, no run, steps out and gets an inside edge onto his pads
45.4
4
Abdur Razzak to de Villiers, FOUR, flighted on middle and leg, he slog sweeps and takes it on the half volley and heaves it over midwicket
45.3
1
Abdur Razzak to Duminy, 1 run, shuffles and tucks it wide of short midwicket
45.2
1lb
Abdur Razzak to de Villiers, 1 leg bye, stays back at the crease and whips it to the on side

South Africa tour of Bangladesh 2007-08 News

  • Smith displaces Tendulkar as No. 1 ODI batsman

    After the satisfaction of seeing his team on top of the ODI rankings, Graeme Smith had a personal milestone to celebrate as well, as he went past Sachin Tendulkar to take the No. 1 spot in the ICC's ODI rankings

  • 'Beating India one of our main goals' - Arthur

    Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach, has said that it is important to be No. 1 in the one-day rankings but what his team really wants is to beat India in the upcoming three-Test series

  • South Africa No.1 after clean sweep

    A comprehensive all-round rout of Bangladesh in the third and final one-dayer in Mirpur not only sealed a 3-0 series win for South Africa but also propelled them to the top of the ICC one-day rankings

  • Batsmen must deliver - Ashraful

    Mohammad Ashraful, the Bangladesh captain, said his batsmen needed to perform better to give their team a chance of winning

  • Nel and de Villiers star in series win

    South Africa came one step closer to usurping Australia as the No. 1 one-day side in the world with a comfortable seven-wicket victory in Mirpur

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13HH GibbsGC Smith
2nd32HM AmlaGC Smith
3rd15GC SmithAB de Villiers
4th119JP DuminyAB de Villiers