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Filed under South Africa in Bangladesh 2008

Match : Bangladesh vs South Africa, 1st test.
Venue : Shere Bangla stadium, Mirpur, Bangaldesh.
Date : 22,23,24,25 February 2008.
Debuts : none.
Test no. : 1864th overall.
Toss : Bangaldesh, elected to bat.
Result : South Africa won by 5 wickets.
Series : First test, South Africa in Bangladesh 2008.
Man of Match : Jacques Kallis.
Umpires : Aleem Dar & Steve Bucknor.

People love their cricket in Bangaldesh. even their young team make promises every match they play these days but success still isn't coming Bangaldesh's way. All throughout this first test match on South Africa tour of Bangaldesh 2008 - home team had the edge over the visitors.

South Africa, being the more matured cricket team - found way to win even after conceding a lead and chased down a healthy total in the 4th innings of this test match at Mirpur. A relaxing win for Proteas who have never lost a test match to youngest test playing nation.

Bangladesh (1st Innings)		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	st rate
Tamin Iqbal	C & b Steyn	0	2	0	0	0
Junaid Siddique	c Boucher b Steyn	1	7	0	0	14
Shahriar Nafees	c Smith b Morkel	25	47	3	0	53
Habibul Bashar	c McKenzie b Morkel	11	23	1	0	48
Mohammad Asharful	C & b Botha	34	27	7	0	126
Aftab Ahmed	c Ntini b Botha	44	84	2	0	53
Shakib Al Hasan	c de Villiers b Morkel	30	69	4	0	43
Mushfiqur Rahim	b Morkel	7	26	0	0	27
Mohammad Rafique	lbw b Morkel	0	1	0	0	0
Mashrafe Mortaza	b Steyn	29	42	4	0	69
Shahadat Hossain	not out	0	3	0	0	0
Extras	(b=2, lb=4, w=2, nb=3)	11
Total	(all out, 54.4 overs)	192	(3.51 runs per over)
Fall of wickets : (Tamin, 0.2 ov), 2-3 (Junaid, 2.3 ov), 3-32 (Bashar, 10.5 ov),
4-60(Nafees, 14.5 ov), 5-82(Ash'l, 22.5 ov), 6-152(Aftab, 42.3), 7-152(Sakib, 43.2 ov)
8-152 (Rafique, 43.3 ov), 9-192 (Rahim, 53.3 ov) & Mashrafe last man dismissed
Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ
Dale Steyn		11.4	2	27	3	2.3
Makhara Ntini	(2 wides)	13	2	47	0	3.6
Morne Morkel	(3 no balls)	13	2	50	5	3.9
Jaques Kallis		5	2	5	0	1.1
Johan Botha		12	0	57	2	4.8
South Africa (1st Innings)		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	st rate
Niel McKenzie	lbw b Shahdat Hossain	5	15	1	0	33
Graeme Smith	b Shahdat Hossain	10	15	1	0	67
Hashim Amla	lbw b Rafique	25	33	4	0	76
Jaques Kallis	b Rafique	17	49	2	0	35
Ashwell Prince	run out (Shakib/Rahim)	10	33	1	0	30
Johan Botha	lbw b Shahdat Hossain	25	91	2	0	27
AB de Villiers	C & b Asharful	46	73	7	1	63
Mark Boucher	lbw b Shahdat Hossain	11	18	1	0	61
Morne Morkel	c Rahim b Hossain	1	5	0	0	20
Dale Steyn	b Shahdat Hossain	7	22	1	0	32
Mkhaya Ntini	not out	3	12	0	0	25
Extras	(b=1, lb=5, wd=1, nb=3)	10
Total	(all out, 60.3 overs)	170	(2.80 runs per over)
Fall of wickets : 1-12 (Smith, 3.5 ov), 2-19 (McKenzie, 5.3 ov), 3-54 (Amla, 16.2 ov)
4-69 (Kallis, 20.4 ov), 5-77 (Prince, 25.5 ov), 6-145 (de Villiers, 50.1 ov),
7-156 (Botha, 52.5 ov), 8-158 (Morkel, 54.1 ov), 9-163 (Boucher, 56.2 ov) & Steyn.
Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza	(1 wide)	9	1	43	0	4.8
Shahadat Hossain	( 2 no balls)	15.3	8	27	6	1.8
Mohammad Rafique	(1 no ball)	25	6	55	2	2.2
Shakib al Hasan		10	6	30	0	3.1
Mohammad Asharful		1	0	9	1	9.1
Bangladesh (2nd Innings)		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	st rate
Tamim Iqbal	b Steyn	2	11	0	0	18
Junaid Siddique	c Boucher b Kallis	74	184	6	0	40
Shahriar Nafees	lbw b Steyn	16	21	3	0	76
Habibul Bashar	lbw b Steyn	2	8	0	0	25
Mohammad Asharful	c Boucher b Ntini	24	52	1	1	46
Aftab Ahmed	lbw b Steyn	24	81	1	0	30
Shakib Al Hasan	c Boucher b Kallis	3	42	0	0	7
Mushfiqur Rahim	c Boucher b Kallis	2	9	0	0	22
Mohammad Rafique	b Kallis	14	21	2	0	67
Mashrafe Mortaza	c Smith b Kallis	11	12	2	0	92
Shahadat Hossain	not out	1	1	0	0	100
Extras	(lb=4, wd=1, nb=4)	9
Total	(all out, 73 overs)	182	(2.49 runs per over)
Fall of wickets : 1-3 (Tamim, 2.5 ov), 2-25 (Nafees, 8.3 ov), 3-29 (Bashar, 10.5 ov)
4-85 (Asharful, 31.6 ov), 5-148 (Junaid, 58.5 ov), 6-148 (Aftab, 59.2 ov)
7-151 (Rahim, 60.6 ov), 8-169 (Rafique, 68.4 ov), 9-181 (Mortaza, 72.3 ov) & Shakib.
Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ
Dale Steyn	(1 wide)	18	2	48	4	2.7
Mkhaya Ntini		16	4	35	1	2.1
Morne Morkel	(3 no balls)	17	3	43	0	2.5
Jaques Kallis		14	4	30	5	2.1
Johan Botha	(1 no ball)	6	0	18	0	3.1
Niel McKenzie		2	0	4	0	2.1
South Africa 2nd Innings (Target = 205)		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	st rate
Niel McKenzie	c Bashar b Hossain	26	32	3	0	81
Graeme Smith	lbw b Rafique	62	104	6	0	60
Hashim Amla	c Junaid b Rafique	46	90	7	0	51
Jacques Kallis	c Mortaza b Hossain	7	27	0	0	26
Ashwell Prince	lbw b Hossain	38	60	5	0	63
AB de Villiers	not out	19	80	2	0	24
Mark Boucher	not out	5	14	1	0	26
Johan Botha
Dale Steyn
Morne Morkel
Mkhaya Ntini
Extras	(b=2, lb=2, wd=1)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 67.5 overs)	208	(3.06 runs per over)
Fall of wickets : 1-52 (McKenzie, 12.1 ov), 2-125 (Smith, 33.3 ov),
3-144 (Amla, 41.5 ov), 4-144 (Kallis, 42.2 ov), 5-193 (Prince, 62.4 ov)
Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza		12	0	47	0	3.9
Shahadat Hossain	(1 wide)	19	0	70	3	3.7
Mohammad Rafique		27.5	6	57	2	2.1
Shakib Al Hasan		7	0	24	0	3.4
Mohammad Asharful		2	0	6	0	3.1

South Africa squad for Bangladesh tour 2008

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