Brilliant half-centuries from captain Dean Elgar (70), Keegan Pietersen (64) and Temba Bavuma (67) helped South Africa reach 278/5 at stumps against Bangladesh on the first day of the second and final Test here on Friday.
Bowlers Taijul Islam (3/77) and Khalid Ahmed (2/59) picked up quick wickets at the end of the day, ensuring that the tourists had some work to do as they went into the second day. Kyle Wren (10) and Wynn Mulder (0) were unbeaten at the end of the first day for South Africa.
Earlier, South Africa captain Dean Elgar won the toss and opted to bat first and it was a nearly identical start to the Durban Test for the South African openers as the opening session saw runs thick and fast with Dean Elgar and Searle. Returns. Irvi dominated the Bangladeshi bowlers from the beginning.
In the absence of their regular seamers Taskin and Shorful, Bangladesh’s pace attack lacked experience and they once again struggled to pick up wickets at the start. Captain Mominul Haque deployed the spinners straight and rotated his bowlers regularly in the opening session, but Elgar and Ervi had almost no trouble from the start, except when Irvi was caught on the pads by Kahled in the third over of the day. hit. Irvi was lucky to be given not out and if Bangladesh had reviewed the decision, he would have gone back to the pavilion.
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The batsmen continued their fine form and extended their opening partnership of 50 runs, but the first South African wicket fell when Irvi fell on Khalid’s out-off delivery. The opener, who had sailed safely through a new ball spell, had scored 24 off 40 balls, but wasted another start as he only ran a full and wide delivery to edge the wicketkeeper. Tried.
But at the other end, Elgar remained consistent with the bat. After scoring 67 and 64 in the opening Test, he scored another half-century. Elgar completed his 22nd Test 50 in the 22nd over and continued to pound the fast bowlers afterwards. His new batting partner Keegan Pietersen looked steady from the start as South Africa went 107/1 for lunch.
Elgar could only add 11 runs to his score after lunch as he returned to the pavilion after scoring 70 runs losing his wicket to left-arm spinner Taijul Islam. Elgar bowled a slightly quicker delivery to Taijul to the wicketkeeper and went back in despair, once again failing to convert his start into a three-figure score.
Pietersen shifted gears in the second session and started collecting runs immediately, hitting Abadot for a hat-trick of boundaries and his half-century off 74 balls. Runs had begun to flow for South Africa, but a 28-minute rain break allowed the visitors to regroup. And after the resumption, disciplined bowling from Bangladesh paid off when Taijul struck, Pietersen’s wicket reduced South Africa to 184/3, an ICC report said.
Pietersen scored 64 off 124 balls before he went further under the wicket. The umpire initially turned down the appeal as it was going down leg, but the DRS showed that the ball would go to the leg-stump.
Bavuma and new batsman Ryan Rickleton ensured that South Africa did not lose any more wickets for tea at 199/3. Bangladesh continued with their spinners to keep the momentum going at the start of the final session.
However, Bavuma and Rickleton stood firm and barely survived the first 30 minutes. Bavuma soon completed his 19th Test half-century with a boundary, and the two batsmen completed their 50-run stand shortly after, putting South Africa in a strong position.
But Bangladesh regained some control towards the end of the opening day. First Taijul dismissed Rickelton for 42, and then Khalid sent it back for 67 with the crucial wicket of Bavuma. Two late strikes saw South Africa close to 278/5, a strong effort from the day before, but not the dominant position which seemed to advance when Rickelton and Bavuma were in full flow.
Brief scores: South Africa 278/5 (Dean Elgar 70, Keegan Peterson 64, Temba Bavuma 67, Ryan Rickelton 42; Khaled Ahmed 2-59, Taijul Islam 3-77) vs Bangladesh
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