South Africa v Bangladesh, Potchefstroom

South Africa 496/3 & 247/6

Bangladesh 320/10 & 90/10

South Africa won by 333 runs

Bangladesh v South Africa 2017 · 1st Test Senwes Park, Potchefstroom 28 Sept 2017 – 2 Oct 2017

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Bangladesh had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.20× +20%

Bangladesh

0.81× -19%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

D Elgar South Africa

217 +187

HM Amla South Africa

165 +139

Mominul Haque Bangladesh

77 +110

Mahmudullah Bangladesh

75 +107

F du Plessis South Africa

107 +97

Best bowling

Top match figures

KA Maharaj4/25

Mominul Haque3/27

K Rabada3/33

KA Maharaj3/92

Top score

199

D Elgar · South Africa

Biggest stand

215

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–8

3 wkts for 8 · Bangladesh

Match facts

TossBangladesh, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 333 runs

Length5 days

South Africa

496 /3 (146.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c Mominul Haque b Mustafizur Rahman	199	388	15	3	51.29
AK Markram	run out	97	152	13	0	63.82
HM Amla	c Mehedi Hasan Miraz b Shafiul Islam	137	200	17	1	68.50
T Bavuma*	not out	31	87	2	1	35.63
F du Plessis*	not out	26	49	4	0	53.06

Extras 6 (lb 4, w 2)

Total 496/3 (146.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mustafizur Rahman	27.0	2	98	1	3.63
Shafiul Islam	25.0	5	74	1	2.96
Mehedi Hasan Miraz	56.0	4	178	0	3.18
Taskin Ahmed	26.0	5	88	0	3.38
Mahmudullah	5.0	0	24	0	4.80
Mominul Haque	2.0	0	15	0	7.50
Sabbir Rahman	5.0	1	15	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-196 (AK Markram, 54.2)·2-411 (HM Amla, 117.3)·3-445 (D Elgar, 130.2)

Bangladesh

320 /10 (89.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Liton Das	c HM Amla b M Morkel	25	29	4	0	86.21
Imrul Kayes	c AK Markram b K Rabada	7	20	0	0	35.00
Mominul Haque	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	77	150	12	0	51.33
Mushfiqur Rahim	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	44	57	7	1	77.19
Tamim Iqbal	c Q de Kock b AL Phehlukwayo	39	67	6	1	58.21
Mahmudullah	b M Morkel	66	124	11	1	53.23
Sabbir Rahman	b D Olivier	30	46	4	1	65.22
Mehedi Hasan Miraz	c D Elgar b K Rabada	8	16	0	0	50.00
Taskin Ahmed	run out	1	2	0	0	50.00
Shafiul Islam	c HM Amla b KA Maharaj	2	13	0	0	15.38
Mustafizur Rahman*	not out	10	12	2	0	83.33

Extras 11 (b 1, lb 9, nb 1)

Total 320/10 (89.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	19.0	7	51	2	2.68
K Rabada	24.0	5	84	2	3.50
KA Maharaj	27.1	9	92	3	3.39
D Olivier	11.0	1	52	1	4.73
AL Phehlukwayo	6.0	2	18	1	3.00
AK Markram	2.0	0	13	0	6.50

Fall of wickets

1-16 (Imrul Kayes, 5.4)·2-36 (Liton Das, 10.2)·3-103 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 25.1)·4-158 (Tamim Iqbal, 45.3)·5-227 (Mominul Haque, 63.3)·6-292 (Sabbir Rahman, 80.1)·7-304 (Mahmudullah, 83.4)·8-305 (Taskin Ahmed, 84.1)·9-308 (Mehedi Hasan Miraz, 86.2)·10-320 (Shafiul Islam, 89.1)

South Africa

247 /6 (56.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c Liton Das b Mustafizur Rahman	15	26	2	0	57.69
D Elgar	lbw b Shafiul Islam	18	25	2	0	72.00
HM Amla	c Liton Das b Mustafizur Rahman	28	43	3	0	65.12
T Bavuma	c Liton Das b Mominul Haque	71	107	7	0	66.36
F du Plessis	lbw b Mominul Haque	81	101	6	1	80.20
Q de Kock	st Liton Das b Mominul Haque	8	11	1	0	72.73
AL Phehlukwayo*	not out	6	13	0	0	46.15
KA Maharaj*	not out	19	11	1	1	172.73

Extras 1 (nb 1)

Total 247/6 (56.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mehedi Hasan Miraz	11.0	1	69	0	6.27
Shafiul Islam	13.0	1	46	1	3.54
Mustafizur Rahman	11.0	2	30	2	2.73
Taskin Ahmed	6.0	0	29	0	4.83
Sabbir Rahman	5.0	0	25	0	5.00
Mahmudullah	4.0	0	21	0	5.25
Mominul Haque	6.0	0	27	3	4.50

Fall of wickets

1-30 (D Elgar, 7.3)·2-38 (AK Markram, 10.6)·3-70 (HM Amla, 20.1)·4-212 (F du Plessis, 48.5)·5-217 (T Bavuma, 50.6)·6-222 (Q de Kock, 52.3)

Bangladesh

90 /10 (32.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tamim Iqbal	b M Morkel	0	4	0	0	0.00
Mominul Haque	lbw b M Morkel	0	2	0	0	0.00
Imrul Kayes	c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	32	42	5	0	76.19
Mushfiqur Rahim	c HM Amla b K Rabada	16	55	1	0	29.09
Mahmudullah	b K Rabada	9	18	1	0	50.00
Liton Das	lbw b K Rabada	4	16	0	0	25.00
Sabbir Rahman	lbw b KA Maharaj	4	8	1	0	50.00
Mehedi Hasan Miraz*	not out	15	32	1	1	46.88
Taskin Ahmed	lbw b KA Maharaj	4	9	0	0	44.44
Shafiul Islam	run out	2	1	0	0	200.00
Mustafizur Rahman	c & b KA Maharaj	1	11	0	0	9.09

Extras 3 (b 1, nb 2)

Total 90/10 (32.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	5.2	2	19	2	3.56
K Rabada	10.0	3	33	3	3.30
D Olivier	5.4	1	12	0	2.12
KA Maharaj	10.4	2	25	4	2.34
AL Phehlukwayo	1.0	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Tamim Iqbal, 0.4)·2-0 (Mominul Haque, 0.6)·3-49 (Imrul Kayes, 15.3)·4-55 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 17.4)·5-62 (Mahmudullah, 21.5)·6-67 (Liton Das, 23.3)·7-67 (Sabbir Rahman, 24.2)·8-71 (Taskin Ahmed, 26.5)·9-75 (Shafiul Islam, 27.6)·10-90 (Mustafizur Rahman, 32.4)