Bangladesh face prospect of heavy defeat after Shakib exit

By CricketCountry Staff

 

 

Bangladesh hopes of making the quarterfinals suffered a severe jolt when they lost early wickets in their pursuit of South Africa’s target of 285 for victory at the Shere-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

By CricketCountry Staff

 

Mirpur: Mar 19, 2011

 

Bangladesh hopes of making the quarterfinals suffered a severe jolt after South African bowlers triggered a top-order collapse at the Shere-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

 

Lonwabo Tsotosobe, playing his first match of the tournament, did major damage upfront, putting Bangladesh on the mat. The left-arm seamer extracted Tamim Iqbal when he tried to pull the bowler but only managed to feather the ball to wicketkeeper van Wyke – a decision that was decided through the review route.

 

Tsotsobe then dismissed Bangladesh’s in-form batsman – Imran Kayes. The batsman offered no shot to a ball that pitched around off-stump and nipped back. It was a sweet revenge for the bowler after the batsman made room for himself and clubbed him over cover for a sizzling boundary in his previous over.

 

South Africa inducted spinner Johan Botha as the opening ball partner for Tsotosobe, and he didn’t disappoint as well. Bowling a nagging line and length, Botha dried up the runs at one end and allowed Tsotsobe to attack the batsmen at the other end.

 

Botha’s perseverance was rewarded when he trapped Junaid Siddique lbw for 2.

 

Bangladesh innings suffered a further dent when Tsotsobe snared his third wicket, showing the pavilion way to Shahriar Nafees for 5.

 

Robin Peterson came into the attack and bowled a miserly spell like Botha. He ended Mushfiqur Rahim’s unconvincing knock through a catching brilliance from Graeme Smith. Peterson bowled a flighted delivery which Mushfiqur had to play it and got an edge and Smith pulled off a blinder at slip.

 

Mahmudullah became the sixth Bangladesh batsmen to perish when he was run out for 5.

 

Captain Shakib Al Hasan picked two confident boundaries of Tsotsobe and appeared to throw a fight to the opposition but Peterson had him caught behind for 30 before dislodging Shafiul Islam for a duck as Bangladesh face the prospect of being handed a heavy defeat.

 

Brief Scores: Bangladesh 61 for 8 in 24 overs (Lonwabe Tsotsobe 3 for 14, Robin Peterson 3 for 4, Johan Botha 1 for 23,) vs South Africa 284 for 8 in 50 overs (Jacques Kallis 69, Faf du Plessis 52, Hashim Amla 51, Graeme Smith 45; Rubel Hossain 3 for 56, Shakib al Hasan 2 for 46)  vs.

 

 

 

 

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