South Africa vs New Zealand, 1st ODI: RSA won by 20 runs

New Zealand tour of South Africa, 2015 

 

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South Africa has won the first ODI match in the ongoing series against New Zealand today. While batting first, the host team scored 304 runs that were good enough to get the game. New Zealand got all out for 284 runs in 48.1 overs. Hashim Amla has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 124 (126) innings.

South Africa were invited to bat first and they made good out of it by scoring 304 runs in 50 overs. RSA lost 7 of their wickets. Hashim Amla scored highest 124 runs of 126 balls and Rilee Rossouw (89) was the second highest scorer.

Both Adam Milne and Mitchell McClenaghan took 2 wickets each for New Zealand. NZ was given a target of 305 runs to be chased in 50 overs.

South Africa Innings Score Card

New Zealand lost their first wicket for just 3 runs, but then, Tom Latham and Kane Williamson stood up and did what was necessary to turn the game back for their team. But that was not enough as no other follow player could score big runs and NZ team got out 20 runs short the target score.

Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Imran Tahir and David Wiese got 2 wickets each for South Africa.

New Zealand Innings Score Card

Bangladesh vs South Africa, 3rd ODI: Bangladesh won by 9 wkts (D/L method)

RSA tour of Bangladesh 2015

Bangladesh has won the third and final match of the 3-match ODI series against South Africa. The team has also won the ODI series with 2-1. Bangladesh team, which is not counted as very big in terms of International cricket, has shown some great performances, first against Pakistan, then India and now, against South Africa. Bangladesh has already won the 2nd ODI match and now, this one. South Africa looked really small in this game and performed bad both with ball and bat.

The match was reduced to 40 overs due to rain. Soumya Sarkar has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 90 runs of 75-balls.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first, but couldn't do much with the bat. They could only score 168 runs in 40 overs and lost 9 wickets. Jean-Paul Duminy (51) remained the highest scorer while David Miller (44) scored second highest for RSA.

Shakib Al Hasan took 3 wickets for his team.

South Africa Innings Score Card

Bangladesh was given the target of 169 runs, which the team chased down in just 26.1 overs with the loss of just 1 wicket. Soumya Sarkar scored highest 90 runs of 75 balls. Both openers played really well and gave a partnership of 154 runs before Tamim Iqbal were caught out on a personal score of 61 runs. Soumya Sarkar did the job and won the game for his team with 9 wickets remaining.

Bangladesh Innings Score Card

 

Bangladesh vs South Africa, 2nd ODI: Ban won by 7 wkts

RSA tour of Bangladesh 2015

The 2nd ODI match of the series between Bangladesh and South Africa was played on Sunday, July 12 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. While batting first, RSA scored 162 runs that were chased by Bangladesh in 27.3 overs with 7 wickets remaining. Bangladesh won this match by 7 wickets.

Soumya Sarkar has been the Man of the Match for his 88 runs of 79-balls.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat and were surprisingly bowled out for just 162 runs. It were both the poor batting of RSA players and the brilliant batting performance of Bangladeshi players. Not a single player could score a fifty for South Africa. RSA scored 162 runs in 46 overs with the loss of 10 wickets.

The bowling performance of Bangladeshi players was extraordinary. Mustafizur Rahman and Nasir Hossain got 3 wickets each while Rubel Hossain took 2 wickets.

South Africa Innings Score Card

Bangladesh was given a target of 163 runs, which they chased in just 27.4 overs with 7 wickets remaining. Soumya Sarkar scored 88 runs of 79 balls and was chosen the Man of the Match. Mahmudullah also managed to get a fifty. Overall, the performance of Bangladesh team was brilliant both with the ball and the bat.

Bangladesh Innings Score Card

Bangladesh vs RSA, 1st ODI: South Africa won by 8 wkts

South Africa tour of Bangladesh 2015

 

The first ODI match between Bangladesh and South Africa was played on Friday, 10th of July at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first and scored 160 runs in 36.3 overs for 10 wickets. RSA while playing second, chased the target in 31.1 overs for lost of 2 wickets and won the match by 8 wickets.

Bangladesh Squad: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Litton Das, Mashrafe Mortaza, Jubair Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman

Bangladesh chose to bat first, but the decision clearly was not in their favor. The whole team could only score 160 runs for 10 wickets in 36.3 Overs. Shakib Al Hasan scored the highest 48 runs in 51 balls.

Kagiso Rabada took 6 wickets for South Africa and was chosen the Man of the Match.

Bangladesh Score Card

South Africa Squad: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, Rilee Rossouw, Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Chris Morris, Kyle Abbott, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir

RSA was given a target of 161 runs that they chased down with 8.5 overs and 8 wickets remaining and won the match by 8 wickets. Faf du Plessis scored highest  63 runs in 75 balls and remained not out.

Nasir Hossain and Mashrafe Mortaza got 1 wicket each for Bangladesh.

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Bangladesh vs South Africa 2nd T20: RSA won by 31 runs

SA tour of Bangladesh 2015

 

 

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The 2nd T20 match between Bangladesh and South Africa was played on Tuesday, July 07 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. RSA won this match by 31 runs. South Africa already won the first T20 match against Bangladesh with this victory, the team has won the T20 series with 2-0. Eddie Leie has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 3 wickets haul for 16 runs in 3 overs.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat in the 2nd T20 International.

South Africa Squad: AB de Villiers, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Rilee Rossouw, David Wiese, Wayne Parnell, Eddie Leie, Aaron Phangiso, Kyle Abbott

Openers Quinton de Kock (44) and AB de Villiers (40) gave a good start to the team and David Miller (30) and Rilee Rossouw (19) took the score to a total of 169 runs. Nasir Hossain took highest 2 wickets for Bangladesh.

South Africa Innings



Bangladesh Squad: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Litton Das, Mashrafe Mortaza, Rony Talukdar, Arafat Sunny, Mustafizur Rahman

Bangladesh had already lost its first T20 match against SA and the confidence level is not always very good when you are playing against a big team like RSA. In this match though, Bangladesh team gave a good fight with Soumya Sarkar (37) and others played their roles, but the team could not chase the total in 20 overs and was bowled out for 138 runs with 4 balls remaining.

Kyle Abbott, Eddie Leie & Aaron Phangisoeach took 3 wickets for South Africa.

Bangladesh Innings

Bangladesh vs South Africa 1st T20: SA won by 52 runs

South Africa tour of Bangladesh 2015

South Africa tour of Bangladesh, 2015 started from Sunday, July 05 with a T20 match. The tour comprises of 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 2 T20s matches, which will be played over next month. South Africa won first T20 match by 52 runs in a really interesting match. Read highlights here.

First T20 match was played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. South Africa won the toss and chose to bat, which was not a wrong decision as the team managed to score 148 runs in 20 overs for 4 wickets. Captain du Plessis scored highest 79 runs out of 61 balls and was chosen the Man of the Match. The game was short but much interesting.

South Africa Squad: Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Jean-Paul Duminy, David Wiese, Wayne Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Kyle Abbott

South Africa Innings Score card



Bangladesh, which played second could not chase the score due to poor batting performance of its players or say, better bowling performance of SA players. Shakib Al Hasan was the highest scorer for Ban, who scored 26 runs for 30 balls. Bangladesh team couldn't even survive for 20 overs and was bowled out for 96 runs with 1.1 overs remaining. South Africa won this match by 52 runs.

Bangladesh Squad: Tamim Iqbal, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mustafizur Rahman, Arafat Sunny

Bangladesh Innings Score card

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