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Bangladesh vs South Africa 1st Test at Mirpur

BAN vs SA, 1st Test, Mirpur: South Africa win first Test against Bangladesh

Inspired by Jacques Kallis, South Africa wrapped up the opening Test against Bangladesh with a five-wicket victory on the fourth day at Mirpur on Monday.
The South Africans, who resumed at 178-4, collected the required 27 runs while losing the wicket of Ashwell Prince (38) in 10.4 overs in the morning. The win saw South Africa go 1-0 up in the two-Test series. The second match begins in the port city of Chittagong on Friday.
A. B. de Villiers remained unbeaten on 19 while Mark Boucher, who surpassed the world record of Adam Gilchrist (416) for most number of Test dismissals on the third day, was not out on two. South Africa finished on 205-5, built around skipper Graeme Smith's patient 62-run knock.
It was the 46th defeat for Bangladesh in 52 Tests and the fifth on the trot against South Africa who defeated them by innings margins in all their previous encounters. Bangladesh though could take heart from the fact that they made South Africa, ranked fourth in the official Test tables, fight hard for the win. Bangladesh skipper Mohammad Ashraful rued his side's failure to post a better second innings total.
The Proteas survived a brief scare thanks to a five-wicket haul by man of the match Kallis and the 104-ball knock by Smith. Bangladesh looked all set for a substantial lead on the third morning with talented opener Junaid Siddique going strong on 74 but Kallis cut short their aspirations through some inspired effort with the old ball.
Kallis' 5-30, his fifth five-wicket haul in Tests, saw the hosts being bundled out for 182 and their second innings lead restricted to 204. Speedster Dale Steyn finished with 4-48 as Bangladesh's innings folded up at the stroke of lunch.
Smith, who scored his 20th Test fifty off 80 balls, laid the platform for the chase, putting on crucial partnerships with opener Neil McKenzie (26) and Hashim Amla (46). Shahadat Hossain, the bowling hero in the first innings with a career-best haul of 6-27, took the prized wicket of Kallis while Rafique accounted for Amla.

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Bangladesh vs South Africa 1st Test at Mirpur

Scores

Bangladesh 1st Innings 192 all out (54.4 overs)	Bangladesh 2nd Innings 182 all out (73.0 overs)
South Africa 1st Innings 170 all out (60.3 overs)	South Africa 2nd Innings 208 for 5 (67.5 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Tamim	c and b	Steyn	0	2	0	0
Siddique	c Boucher	b Steyn	1	7	0	0
Nafees	c Smith	b M Morkel	25	47	3	0
Bashar	c McKenzie	b M Morkel	11	23	1	0
Ashraful	c and b	Botha	34	27	7	0
Aftab	c Ntini	b Botha	44	84	2	0
Saqibul	c de Villiers	b M Morkel	30	69	4	0
Rahim		b M Morkel	7	26	0	0
Rafique	lbw	b M Morkel	0	1	0	0
Mortaza		b Steyn	29	42	4	0
Shahadat	not out		0	3	0	0
Extras		3nb 2w 2b 4lb	11
Total		all out	192	(54.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 11.4 2 27 3 Ntini 13.0 2 47 0 M Morkel 13.0 2 50 5 Kallis 5.0 2 5 0 Botha 12.0 0 57 2

Fall of wicket   0 Tamim 3 Siddique 32 Bashar 60 Nafees 82 Ashraful 152 Aftab 152 Saqibul 152 Rafique 192 Rahim 192 Mortaza

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
McKenzie	lbw	b Shahadat	5	15	1	0
Smith		b Shahadat	10	15	1	0
Amla	lbw	b Rafique	25	33	4	0
Kallis		b Rafique	17	49	2	0
Prince	run out		10	33	1	0
Botha	lbw	b Shahadat	25	91	2	0
de Villiers	c and b	Ashraful	46	73	7	1
Boucher	lbw	b Shahadat	11	18	1	0
M Morkel	c Rahim	b Shahadat	1	5	0	0
Steyn		b Shahadat	7	22	1	0
Ntini	not out		3	12	0	0
Extras		3nb 1w 1b 5lb	10
Total		all out	170	(60.3 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Mortaza 9.0 1 43 0 Shahadat 15.3 8 27 6 Rafique 25.0 6 55 2 Saqibul 10.0 6 30 0 Ashraful 1.0 0 9 1

Fall of wicket   12 Smith 19 McKenzie 54 Amla 69 Kallis 77 Prince 145 de Villiers 156 Botha 158 M Morkel 163 Boucher 170 Steyn

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Tamim		b Steyn	2	11	0	0
Siddique	c Boucher	b Kallis	74	184	6	0
Nafees	lbw	b Steyn	16	21	3	0
Bashar	lbw	b Steyn	2	8	0	0
Ashraful	c Boucher	b Ntini	24	52	1	1
Aftab	lbw	b Steyn	24	81	1	0
Saqibul	c Boucher	b Kallis	3	42	0	0
Rahim	c Boucher	b Kallis	2	9	0	0
Rafique		b Kallis	14	21	2	0
Mortaza	c Smith	b Kallis	11	12	2	0
Shahadat	not out		1	1	0	0
Extras		4nb 1w 4lb	9
Total		all out	182	(73.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 18.0 2 48 4 Ntini 16.0 4 35 1 M Morkel 17.0 3 43 0 Kallis 14.0 4 30 5 Botha 6.0 0 18 0 McKenzie 2.0 0 4 0

Fall of wicket   3 Tamim 25 Nafees 29 Bashar 85 Ashraful 148 Siddique 148 Aftab 151 Rahim 169 Rafique 181 Mortaza 182 Saqibul

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
McKenzie	c Bashar	b Shahadat	26	32	3	0
Smith	lbw	b Rafique	62	104	6	0
Amla	c Siddique	b Rafique	46	90	7	0
Kallis	c Mortaza	b Shahadat	7	27	0	0
Prince	lbw	b Shahadat	38	60	5	0
de Villiers	not out		19	80	2	0
Boucher	not out		5	14	1	0
Extras		1w 1b 3lb	5
Total		for 5	208	(67.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Mortaza 12.0 0 47 0 Shahadat 19.0 0 70 3 Rafique 27.5 6 57 2 Saqibul 7.0 0 24 0 Ashraful 2.0 0 6 0

Fall of wicket   52 McKenzie 125 Smith 144 Amla 144 Kallis 193 Prince

Umpires: Aleem Dar, S A Bucknor
Bangladesh: Tamim, Siddique, Bashar, Ashraful, Nafees, Aftab, Saqibul, Rahim, Rafique, Mortaza, Shahadat
South Africa: Smith, McKenzie, Amla, Kallis, de Villiers, Prince, Boucher, Botha, Steyn, M Morkel, Ntini