Bangladesh v South Africa - Zimbabwe Twenty20 Triangular Series - 5th Match – Live Score and Update
South Africa 129/7 (20/20 ov) v Bangladesh 132/7 (19.5/20 ov) - Bangladesh won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
On Friday, June 22, 2012, Bangladesh left the world of cricket shunned as they beat the might http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in the fifth match of the ongoing Zimbabwe Twenty20 Triangular Series by three wickets in the match that was played at Harare Sports Club.
With this defeat, and a previous defeat against hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045, South Africa are caught in a difficult position and would need to give a belligerent performance in their next match, not only to win, but also to improve their run-rate if they want to secure
a place in the final of the three-national tournament.
In this match South Africa’s batting did not click as after choosing to bat first, they failed to post a staggering total on the board, to cause any sort of problems for the team they were up against.
Odds were clearly against Bangladesh, which was the third-ranked team in the tournament before this clash.
However, after restricting the Proteas on a tally of 129 runs, Bangladesh knew they had a serious chance of securing a win.
Initiating a run chase, openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Ashraful-c76740 failed to get off to an impressive start as the opening partnership came to an end after just 5 runs on the board.
With Siddique perishing after scoring only five runs, Bangladesh’s number-three batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anamul-Haque-c44160, had to jump in the action a bit earlier than he had hoped for.
However, he also proved less of a threat towards the South Africans, as he lost his wicket after scoring an innings of four runs, leaving is side standing on a tally of 23.
Then with 64 runs on the board, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 was the next man to walk off the field as he was dismissed after only seven runs.
While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 were losing wickets, Ashraful, steadfast and kept hammering the bowlers and later jabbed an innings of 40 runs to play a vital role in the run chase.
South Africa just lost their way and failed to limit the Bangladesh batsmen from reaching the target as the batting side finished the game in 19.5 overs for the loss of seven wickets.
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