ICC Champions Trophy: South Africa tastes Win after 10 consecutive ODI loses.
MIL, Sep 12, 2004. Sports Correspondent
Birmingham: Without a win in their last ten games, and with rain forecast for the afternoon, South Africa were in no mood to go easy on a young Bangladesh side. Even though South Africa's catching was sometimes suspect, Bangladesh were totally outclassed.
Bangladesh's gamble to bat first came unstuck as South Africa bowled them out for 93 and then they reached the target of 94 runs at a loss of one wicket with more than 32 overs to spare. Charl Langeveldt started the show taking three top-order wickets in his first two overs.
South Africa's innings only suffered one hiccup when the out-of-form Gibbs lost his off stump to a peach from Tapash Baisya for 4 (15 for 1). Thereafter, Smith and Jacques Kallis batted with few alarms: slowly at first, and then once the shine had been seen off they cracked the ball effortlessly to all parts. It was the fourth one-sided match out of four so far in this tournament, and it was not hard to understand why so few turned up.
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Bangladesh innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
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Javed Omar lbw b Langeveldt 4 15 12 0 0
Mohammad Ashraful c Kallis b Langeveldt 4 8 6 1 0
Nafis Iqbal c Gibbs b Boje 40 80 59 6 0
*Rajin Saleh c van Jaarsveld b Langeveldt 0 1 2 0 0
Aftab Ahmed c Boucher b Pollock 0 12 13 0 0
+Khaled Mashud c Smith b Boje 24 103 65 2 0
Manjural Islam Rana b Boje 1 7 11 0 0
Mushfiqur Rahman c Boje b Ntini 0 3 2 0 0
Mohammad Rafique c Boje b Ntini 0 1 2 0 0
Tapash Baisya c Boucher b Ntini 5 10 6 1 0
Nazmul Hossain not out 1 18 13 0 0
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Extras (lb 7, w 5, nb 2) 14
Total (all out, 31.3 overs, 139 mins) 93
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FoW: 1-7 (Mohammad Ashraful, 1.6 ov), 2-15 (Javed Omar, 3.3 ov),
3-15 (Rajin Saleh, 3.5 ov), 4-20 (Aftab Ahmed, 6.5 ov),
5-63 (Nafis Iqbal, 19.6 ov), 6-71 (Manjural Islam Rana, 21.6 ov),
7-72 (Mushfiqur Rahman, 22.4 ov), 8-72 (Mohammad Rafique, 22.6 ov),
9-80 (Tapash Baisya, 26.1 ov), 10-93 (Khaled Mashud, 31.3 ov).
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Bowling O M R W
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Pollock 6 1 15 1 (2w)
Langeveldt 7 0 17 3 (1nb, 2w)
Ntini 9 2 19 3 (1nb, 1w)
Klusener 3 1 12 0
Boje 6.3 0 23 3
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South Africa innings (target: 94 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
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*GC Smith not out 42 76 52 6 0
HH Gibbs b Tapash Baisya 4 13 11 1 0
JH Kallis not out 40 62 44 9 0
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Extras (b 5, w 2, nb 1) 8
Total (1 wicket, 17.5 overs, 76 mins) 94
DNB: JA Rudolph, M van Jaarsveld, +MV Boucher, SM Pollock,
L Klusener, N Boje, CK Langeveldt, M Ntini.
FoW: 1-15 (Gibbs, 2.6 ov).
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Bowling O M R W
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Tapash Baisya 6 0 39 1 (1nb, 1w)
Nazmul Hossain 6 1 17 0 (1w)
Mohammad Rafique 3 0 9 0
Mushfiqur Rahman 2.5 0 24 0
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