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Live cricket score South Africa 89/3 | Overs 13
BATTING: Faf du Plessis 55 (40), David Miller 1 (2)
Mortaza continues. Dot ball. SA batsmen does not want to take risk. Dot balls and two runs. Two runs taken as Tamim misses to collect the ball. Single. Miller on strike and the ball just misses the stump! He is lucky!
Live cricket score South Africa 84/3 | Overs 12
BATTING: Faf du Plessis 50 (35), David Miller 1 (1)
OUT! JP Duminy c Nasir Hossain b Arafat Sunny 18 (22)
Arafat Sunny returns. One run. JP Duminy lofts one high in the air. Is someone going to get hold of that? Two fielders under it. WAIT! IT IS NASIR HOSSAIN! TWO WICKETS FOR ARAFAT SUNNY. Well played, Bangladesh! Oops! The next ball goes for boundary as the fielder misses it. The last catch was an excellent effort. He had to stretch at the very last moment to complete the catch. David Miller is the new batsman. And FIFTY for FAF DU PLESSIS! Congrats, skipper! His sixth T20I half-century.
Live cricket score South Africa 76/2 | Overs 11
BATTING: Faf du Plessis 43 (31), JP Duminy 18 (21)
Mortaza continues. Duminy misses the slow ball and keepers collects it. Two runs after dot ball. The batsmen are rotating the strike well. Bangladesh have used already six bowlers. Four of them are spinners. Faf scoops one up in the air and the ball runs down towards the boundary. OH WAIT! Nasir Hossain flies down and saves four runs. Single to end the over.
Live cricket score South Africa 70/2 | Overs 10
BATTING: Faf du Plessis 40 (29), JP Duminy 15 (17)
Faf du Plessis taking time to put some tape on his hands. Sohag Gazi will continue. Partnership of 31 runs from 30 balls. Faf du Plessis almost manages to nick the ball away from stumps, the ball was very low. Single runs. South Africa lost four of their last five T20Is. Oops! They must be really worried. They would like to win it. Four runs from Faf Du Plessis and he moves to 40.
Live cricket score South Africa 62/2 | Overs 9
BATTING: Faf du Plessis 34 (25), JP Duminy 13 (15)
Mashrafe Mortaza comes to bowl. Single and Duminy on strike. Another single. Runs coming in singles. Slow ball and more singles. Down the wicket by Faf du Plessis and the ball is smashed for four runs towards long off. Single off the last ball.
Live cricket score South Africa 53/2 | Overs 8
BATTING: Faf du Plessis 27 (21), JP Duminy 11 (13)
Sohag Gazi returns to international cricket after being away for more than a year. He has been recalled after he corrected his action. Duminy goes after him and lofts the ball towards midwicket. Single taken. Faf du Plessis on strike. Cuts Gazi for a lovely shot and the ball runs for four towards cover. Single. Six runs off the over already. Dot ball. One run and Faf du Plessis back on strike. Single off the last ball. Good over for South Africa.
Live cricket score South Africa 45/2 | Overs 7
BATTING: Faf du Plessis 23 (19), JP Duminy 8 (9)
Shakib Al Hasan continues. Single run and Duminy on strike. He charges down the track and strikes the ball straight down. The ball runs for four. Dot ball. Shakib reads him well. Single taken. Faf gets underneath the next one and the ball goes off towards the boundary. However, good stop by Nasir Hossain near the boundary. Single off the last ball.
Live cricket score South Africa 37/2 | Overs 6
BATTING: Faf du Plessis 19 (16), JP Duminy 3 (6)
It is Mustafizur Rahman, the man who disturbed India. Can he take five wickets today also? He bowls to Duminy and single taken. Faf du Plessis on strike. Faf moves towards off side and that is the cutter and misses the wicketkeeper and the slip fielder. Faf du Plessis survives. Another good angle ball. Faf gets off the mark. One run. Dot ball. Inside edge and the ball misses the stump. Duminy survives.
Live cricket score South Africa 35/2 | Overs 5
BATTING: Faf du Plessis 18 (13), JP Duminy 2 (3)
Shakib Al Hasan has been introduced to the attack. Single. Shakib to Duminy. Single. Dot ball. Faf du Plessis takes another single. Duminy on strike. Dot ball.
Live cricket score South Africa 31/2 | Overs 4
BATTING: Faf du Plessis 16 (10), JP Duminy 0 (0)
OUT! Quinton de Kock c Litton Das b Nasir Hossain 12 (8)
Two runs to start with. Quinton de Kock now shows his intentions. Dot ball. Mushfiqur stumps Quinton but it is wide ball and he looks to be clear of danger too. Single taken and Faf on strike. Four runs! More single. ANOTHER ONE GOES! Quinton de Kock has to walk back! This time Nasir Hossain picks the wicket. Bangladesh are on fire! JP Duminy is the new batsman.
Live cricket score South Africa 16/1 | Overs 3
BATTING: Quinton de Kock 3 (4), Faf du Plessis 11 (8)
Dot ball. Single. Arafat Sunny to Faf du Plessis. Faf looks to break through on the on side. And finally he slams the first four of the match. Another dot ball. Oh! Inside edge and misses the stump and the wicketkeeper and runs down for another boundary! South Africa playing risky cricket!
Live cricket score South Africa 7/1 | Overs 2
BATTING: Quinton de Kock 2 (2), Faf du Plessis 3 (4)
Nasir Hossain to bowl the second over. Skipper Faf du Plessis walks out to bat. The Proteas need a big score from him. Good start by Bangladesh. Runs coming in singles. Five runs from the over.
Live cricket score South Africa 2/1 | Over 1
BATTING: Quinton de Kock 0 (0)
OUT! AB de Villiers c Mashrafe Mortaza b Arafat Sunny 2 (6)
Arafat Sunny is opening the bowling for Bangladesh. First runs for South Africa. Two runs for ABD. OUT! OMG! AB de Villiers is OUT! Taken by skipper Mashrafe Mortaza at point. ABD tries to cut it but gets caught! Big blow for South Africa!
TOSS: South Africa have won the toss and elected to bat.
Teams:
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Litton Das (wk), Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Mustafizur Rahman, Arafat Sunny.
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis (c), Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Jean-Paul Duminy, David Wiese, Wayne Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Kyle Abbott.
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of the first Twenty20 International (ODI) between Bangladesh and South Africa at Mirpur. After a dream run against Pakistan and India at home, Bangladesh will face the toughest task of this season when they will take on the Proteas at home. The series is commencing with a two-match T20 International (T20I) series, with the first game scheduled to be played at Mirpur on Sunday. READ: Bangladesh await their biggest test at home against South Africa
Bangladesh’s main weapon in the series will be their army of spinners. They know South Africa’s vulnerability towards playing spin, so they want to expose that. Recalling off-spinner Sohag Gazi to the squad, whose action is now cleared by International Cricket Council (ICC), is a clear indication that there will be a stern ‘spin test’ for the South African batsmen during this tour.
Mashrafe Mortaza currently has a settled team. He has a quality bowling attack which is very suitable for the Mirpur wicket. It will be interesting to see how young Mustafizur Rahman bowls against the likes of AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis and others.
Squads:
Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Litton Das (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Arafat Sunny, Jubair Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Rony Talukdar, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Sohag Gazi, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal.
South Africa: Faf du Plessis (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Kyle Abbott, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Beuran Hendricks, Eddie Leie, David Miller, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, David Wiese.