Live Scores & Updates, South Africa vs Bangladesh 2022, 2nd Test, Day 4: South Africa are on the verge of completing a clean sweep against Bangladesh in the two-Test series, reducing the Mominul Haque-led visitors to 27/3 at stumps on the third day at St George’s Park in the second innings.
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Bangladesh still need 386 runs to win, which seems unlikely, given that their entire top-order including Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Najmul Hossain Shanto finished just 9.1 overs of Bangladesh’s second innings late on Sunday night. I was back in the dressing room. IST).
Earlier in the day, after bowling out Bangladesh for 217 in the first innings, the Proteas batsmen made quick runs to set a target of 413 and the spinners kept the visitors on the back-foot on the stumps in a difficult phase of the game. done. 3.
After a late start, Mushfiqur Rahim, along with Yasir Ali, kept the score high, raising the resistance in the first session. In the first three balls of the day off Lizad Williams, Yasir picked up momentum in the favor of the tourists by hitting three consecutive fours. The two stayed at the crease in the first hour, negotiating possible spells from Viaan Mulder and Duane Olivier. However, the introduction of spinner Keshav Maharaj worked wonders for South Africa.
The hosts deployed an offensive zone to support Maharaj, who was forcing a false shot from Yasir after their partnership crossed the 70-run mark. Maharaj flew the ball, waved Yasir in the air and the leading edge was easily caught by the bowler, which meant that Yasir went back just four runs short of his second Test half-century.
In the final over of the first session, the hosts took another crucial wicket, this time from Rahim, who fell soon after scoring his 25th Test fifty. After the second session resumed, it took just 3.2 overs for South Africa to remove the tail-enders. Simon Harmer picked up the wickets of Taijul Islam (5) and Abadot Hossain (0) while Maharaj dismissed Mehdi Hasan Miraj for 11.
South Africa bowled the visiting team for 217 to give themselves a 236-run lead before walking out to bat in the second innings. The opening pair of Proteas captain Dean Elgar and Searle Ervie did not take much time to move on, finding boundaries regularly.
The partnership took the Proteas’ total to fifty before Elgar (26) lost his wicket in an attempt to reverse-sweep Taijul. Keegan Pietersen started on a positive note but lost his wicket at the stroke of tea, trapped in front of the stumps by Taijul.
Bangladesh struck again on the other side of the break, with Irvi nine runs short of a half-century. A 29-run stand between Temba Bavuma and Ryan Rickelton steadied the ship before Taijul removed his third wicket for 12 runs. Bavuma was solid at one end, as Kyle Verene attacked the Bangladesh bowlers with a 30-ball 39. Mehdi Hasan Miraj dismissed Bavuma to break the partnership and struck again to end Vereen’s quick innings. South Africa declared at 176/6 after the wicket, giving Bangladesh’s batsmen a difficult period of play to negotiate.
With the pitch helping the spinners, South Africa started with Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer. The move paid off with Mahmudul Hasan Joy returning to the pavilion for a pair. He then trapped Najmul Hossain Shanto in his next over, before Harmer dismissed Tamim Iqbal at the stroke of the stumps.
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