Bangladesh v South Africa – Twenty20 Triangular Series (2nd match) – Match recap – Amla’s half-ton powers Proteas to 39-run win over Tigers
A composed half-century from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 to an easy 39-run win over Bangladesh in the second match of the ongoing Twenty20 Triangular Series in Zimbabwe, played at the Harare Sports Club on June 19.
South Africa’s presence in the unofficial event has been the cause of much debate, with many arguing against the participation of a top ranked team against the minnows, particularly when they have an all-important upcoming tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 in July.
Bangladesh, on the other hand, have gone into the tournament with everything to gain – however, the team has failed to make a mark in the series so far, and followed up an 11-run loss against Zimbabwe with their most recent defeat at the hands of the Proteas.
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamisi-Abdallah-c61368 (88*) opening the innings for their side, and joining forces to set up a solid 70-run opening stand in roughly six overs. Bangladesh managed a brief breakthrough in the 7th
over, when Levi was caught and bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Colin-Alexander-Ingram-c51381 (29) stepped in to take it up where Levi left off, and established a 65-run partnership with the skipper.
Amla’s side barely faltered in their innings, with the skipper remaining fixed at the crease throughout – a performance which earned him the Player of the Match award. Ingram was run out in the 14th over by Bangladeshi skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045,
after which Albie Morkel earned a turn at bat. However, the left-hander only managed a contribution of 22 runs before he was caught out in the 19th over by Mushfiqur Rahim off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mashrafe-Mortaza-c1917.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742 was the last batsman to step up to the crease, and chipped in with a quick 23 off 7 balls to bring the team up to 209 by the end of 20 overs, at the expense of 3 wickets.
Chasing 210, the Tigers opened their innings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-c2640.
The 19-year-old was unable to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jahurul-Islam-c1624 (12) had gotten their side
up to 48, but Bangladesh underwent a period of panic directly afterwards, with three wickets falling in the space of two overs.
Ashraful was sent back to the pavilion by Tsotsobe in the 8th over, after being caught out by Amla at deep mid-on. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WD-Parnell-c2787 as he attempted to
clear the long on boundary, followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nasir-Hossain-c77146, who was dismissed on duck.
By this point the Tigers were at a precarious 49 for 4, and the efforts of skipper Mushfiqur Rahim alone, who remained the anchor of his team’s innings by contributing an unbeaten 50 off 32 balls, were not enough to propel http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 to victory.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JA-Morkel-c1613, the
Tigers were at 110 for 5, with a hundred runs still required.
Rahman (18),Mortaza (8), and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abul-Hasan-c41857 (1) were all unable to make any significant contributions, and Bangladesh eventually finished at 170 by the end of 20 overs – 39 runs short of their target.
While there is a considerable difference in both team’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 rankings, the victory was not a particularly spectacular or comprehensive one for the Proteas. Amla’s men will be looking to remedy that as they go into their next match, scheduled to be played
against hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 at the same venue today on June 20.
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