South Africa v Bangladesh, Bloemfontein

South Africa 441/9

Bangladesh 153/10 & 159/10

South Africa won by 129 runs

Bangladesh v South Africa 2008 · 1st Test OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein 19–22 Nov 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Bangladesh had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.21× +21%

Bangladesh

0.80× -20%

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

GC Smith South Africa

157 +137

Mushfiqur Rahim Bangladesh

48 +108

Mehrab Hossain jnr Bangladesh

55 +95

HM Amla South Africa

112 +95

AG Prince South Africa

59 +56

Best bowling

Top match figures

DW Steyn5/63

Shakib Al Hasan5/130

M Ntini3/20

JH Kallis2/10

Top score

157

GC Smith · South Africa

Biggest stand

225

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–12

3 wkts for 12 · Bangladesh

Match facts

TossBangladesh, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 129 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

441 /9 (122.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	b Mahbubul Alam	157	248	17	1	63.31
ND McKenzie	c Mehrab Hossain jnr b Shahadat Hossain	42	118	7	0	35.59
HM Amla	b Mashrafe Mortaza	112	165	12	0	67.88
JH Kallis	c Mohammad Ashraful b Shakib Al Hasan	16	35	4	0	45.71
AG Prince*	not out	59	98	5	1	60.20
AB de Villiers	c Mushfiqur Rahim b Shakib Al Hasan	3	15	0	0	20.00
MV Boucher	b Shakib Al Hasan	15	34	1	0	44.12
M Morkel	c Mohammad Ashraful b Shakib Al Hasan	8	12	1	0	66.67
DW Steyn	c Tamim Iqbal b Shakib Al Hasan	1	10	0	0	10.00
M Ntini	c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mahbubul Alam	5	13	1	0	38.46

Extras 23 (b 2, lb 10, nb 11)

Total 441/9 (122.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza	22.0	4	69	1	3.14
Mahbubul Alam	24.5	9	62	2	2.50
Shahadat Hossain	25.0	1	125	1	5.00
Shakib Al Hasan	38.0	4	130	5	3.42
Naeem Islam	5.0	0	19	0	3.80
Mehrab Hossain jnr	8.0	0	24	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-102 (ND McKenzie, 34.7)·2-327 (HM Amla, 86.4)·3-327 (GC Smith, 87.3)·4-352 (JH Kallis, 97.5)·5-365 (AB de Villiers, 101.3)·6-404 (MV Boucher, 111.2)·7-420 (M Morkel, 115.3)·8-427 (DW Steyn, 117.6)·9-441 (M Ntini, 122.5)

Bangladesh

153 /10 (36.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Tamim Iqbal	b DW Steyn	7	13	0	53.85
Imrul Kayes	c HM Amla b PL Harris	10	32	2	31.25
Junaid Siddique	c AG Prince b M Morkel	8	20	1	40.00
Mohammad Ashraful	c ND McKenzie b DW Steyn	1	11	0	9.09
Shakib Al Hasan	c AB de Villiers b M Ntini	14	12	3	116.67
Mehrab Hossain jnr	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	12	18	2	66.67
Mushfiqur Rahim	lbw b JH Kallis	48	63	9	76.19
Naeem Islam	c PL Harris b M Ntini	8	4	2	200.00
Mashrafe Mortaza	c & b M Morkel	5	9	0	55.56
Shahadat Hossain	b JH Kallis	23	35	5	65.71
Mahbubul Alam*	not out	1	9	0	11.11

Extras 16 (b 4, lb 2, w 4, nb 6)

Total 153/10 (36.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	9.0	2	36	2	4.00
M Ntini	8.0	2	20	3	2.50
M Morkel	8.0	0	55	2	6.88
PL Harris	7.0	1	26	1	3.71
JH Kallis	4.4	2	10	2	2.14

Fall of wickets

1-8 (Tamim Iqbal, 2.6)·2-26 (Junaid Siddique, 8.6)·3-33 (Imrul Kayes, 11.6)·4-33 (Mohammad Ashraful, 12.4)·5-50 (Shakib Al Hasan, 15.5)·6-59 (Mehrab Hossain jnr, 17.6)·7-71 (Naeem Islam, 19.4)·8-88 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 24.2)·9-148 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 34.1)·10-153 (Shahadat Hossain, 36.4)

Bangladesh

159 /10 (51.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Tamim Iqbal	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	20	49	4	40.82
Imrul Kayes	b DW Steyn	4	5	0	80.00
Junaid Siddique	c MV Boucher b JH Kallis	27	68	3	39.71
Mohammad Ashraful	c ND McKenzie b M Ntini	13	59	1	22.03
Mehrab Hossain jnr*	not out	43	69	6	62.32
Shakib Al Hasan	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	0	3	0	0.00
Mushfiqur Rahim	run out (AG Prince)	0	2	0	0.00
Naeem Islam	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	3	12	0	25.00
Mashrafe Mortaza	b DW Steyn	6	12	0	50.00
Shahadat Hossain	b DW Steyn	16	25	3	64.00
Mahbubul Alam	c AG Prince b JH Kallis	0	10	0	0.00

Extras 27 (b 7, lb 17, nb 3)

Total 159/10 (51.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	18.0	4	63	5	3.50
M Ntini	16.0	8	19	2	1.19
M Morkel	13.0	6	36	0	2.77
JH Kallis	4.5	1	17	2	3.52

Fall of wickets

1-13 (Imrul Kayes, 2.3)·2-45 (Tamim Iqbal, 15.5)·3-67 (Junaid Siddique, 23.5)·4-80 (Mohammad Ashraful, 31.6)·5-81 (Shakib Al Hasan, 32.4)·6-81 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 33.4)·7-92 (Naeem Islam, 36.6)·8-108 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 40.5)·9-152 (Shahadat Hossain, 48.5)·10-159 (Mahbubul Alam, 51.5)