• Shakib smashes 77 in the first one-dayer in Centurion
Bangladesh ended their victory drought in South Africa with a 38-run win in the first one-day international at SuperSport Park in Centurion yesterday.
Shakib Al Hasan led a strong Bangladesh batting effort, hitting 77 off 64 balls as Bangladesh made 314 for seven after being sent in.
Fast bowlers Shoriful Islam and Taskin Ahmed reduced South Africa to 36-3 in reply.
Rassie van der Dussen hit 86 and David Miller made a hard-hit 79 but South Africa were bowled out for 276.
Bangladesh had previously lost every match they played against the Proteas in South Africa – six Tests, nine one-day internationals and four Twenty20 internationals.
Shakib’s sparkling innings came six days after he changed his mind about missing the South African tour.
The veteran shared a free-scoring fourth-wicket stand of 115 off 83 balls with rookie Yasir Ali, whose only two previous one-day international innings had produced just one run.
The sturdily-built Yasir hit 50 off 44 balls.
Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal (41) and Litton Das (50) yesterday laid the foundation for the innings with a first wicket stand of 95.
They started cautiously, scoring only 46 runs off the first 15 overs as they saw off South Africa’s fast bowlers. The bowlers took some heavy punishment as the innings blossomed.
Lungi Ngidi, who conceded only 18 runs in five overs with the new ball, leaked 57 runs off his remaining five overs.
It took a rattled South Africa 30 minutes longer than the allotted three-and-a-half hours to bowl their overs.
Shakib, the Player of the Match, said: “When I spent 7-8 balls, I thought it was a good wicket. We had to score around 300. We got a good start through Litton and Tamim. We had to capitalise with the old ball. Yasir batted really well. Him and my partnership was important. Lot of credit goes to him. As soon as the shine was gone, the ball wasn’t doing as much as in the first ten overs. We had to take calculated risks, and it paid off today.”
SCOREBOARD
Bangladesh
T Iqbal lbw Phehlukwayo 41
L Das b Maharaj 50
S Al Hasan lbw Ngidi 77
M Rahim c Miller b Maharaj 9
Y Ali c&b Rabada 50
Mahmudullah c Dussen b Jansen 25
A Hossain c Dussen b Jansen 17
M Hasan not out 19
T Ahmed not out 7
Extras (3b 3lb 2nb 11w) 19
Total (50 overs) 314-7
Fall of Wickets : 1-95 Iqbal, 2-104 Das, 3-124 Rahim, 4-239 Al Hasan, 5-243 Chowdhury, 6-272 Dhrubo, 7-288 Mahmudullah
Bowling: Lungi Ngidi 10-1-75-1 Kagiso Rabada 10-0-57-1 Marco Jansen 10-1-57-2 Keshav Maharaj 10-0-56-2 Andile Phehlukwayo 10-1-63-1-
South Africa
K Verreynne lbw Ahmed 21
J Malan c Mushfiqur b Islam 4
T Bavuma c Mushfiqur b Islam 31
A Markram c Hasan b Ahmed 0
R van der Dussen c Ali b Ahmed 86
D Miller st Mushfiqur b Hasan 79
A Phehlukwayo c Das b Hasan 2
M Jansen c Iqbal b Hasan 2
K Rabada c&b Hasan 1
K Maharaj lbw Mahmudullah 23
L Ngidi not out 15
Extras (4b 8w) 12
Total (48.5 overs) 276
Fall of Wickets: 1-18 Malan, 2-36 Verreynne, 3-36 Markram, 4-121 Bavuma, 5-191 van der Dussen, 6-204 Phehlukwayo, 7-229 Jansen, 8-231 Rabada, 9-242 Miller, 10-276 Maharaj
Bowling: Shakib Al Hasan 10-0-54-0 Shoriful Islam 8-0-47-2 Taskin Ahmed 10-1-36-3 Mustafizur Rahman 10-0-50-0 Mehidy Hasan 9-0-61-4 Mahmudullah 1.5 -0-24-1