Bangladesh v South Africa 1st Test

South Africa tour of Bangladesh - 2015 (2015) · Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram · 21 July 2015

Match drawn

Match drawn. Mahmudullah top-scored with 67 for Bangladesh. Mustafizur Rahman took 4/37.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: South Africa tour of Bangladesh - 2015 (2015)
Ground: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram
Dates: 21 July 2015 to 25 July 2015
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Result: Match drawn
Player of the match: Mustafizur Rahman
Captains: Hashim Amla (South Africa), Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)
Debut: Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Umpires: JS Wilson and RA Kettleborough
Match referee: BC Broad

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat. It was Mustafizur Rahman's first Test.

South Africa batted first and made 248 all out. Temba Bavuma top-scored with 54 off 108 balls, and Faf du Plessis made 48. Mustafizur Rahman took 4 for 37 for Bangladesh. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, 378 across 13 Tests.

Bangladesh replied with 326 all out. Mahmudullah top-scored with 67 off 138 balls, and Tamim Iqbal made 57. Dale Steyn took 3 for 78 for South Africa. Bangladesh led by 78 on first innings.

South Africa made 61 for 0 in their second innings. Stiaan van Zyl top-scored with 33 not out off 71 balls.

Match drawn.

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 248 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dean Elgar	c Litton Das b Taijul Islam	47	111
Stiaan van Zyl	c Litton Das b Mahmudullah	34	49
Faf du Plessis	lbw b Shakib Al Hasan	48	122
Hashim Amla	c Litton Das b Mustafizur Rahman	13	28
Temba Bavuma	c Jubair Hossain b Mustafizur Rahman	54	108
Jean-Paul Duminy	lbw b Mustafizur Rahman	0	1
Quinton de Kock	b Mustafizur Rahman	0	2
Vernon Philander	c Shakib Al Hasan b Jubair Hossain	24	36
Simon Harmer	c Mominul Haque b Jubair Hossain	9	37
Dale Steyn	c Tamim Iqbal b Jubair Hossain	2	2
Morne Morkel	not out	3	7

Extras 14 · Total 248 all out

Bowler (Bangladesh)	O	M	R	W
Mohammad Shahid	17	9	34	0
Mustafizur Rahman	17.4	6	37	4
Shakib Al Hasan	14	2	45	1
Mahmudullah	3	0	9	1
Taijul Islam	18	3	57	1
Jubair Hossain	14	1	53	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-58 (Stiaan van Zyl, 13.4 ov), 2-136 (Dean Elgar, 46.5 ov), 3-136 (Faf du Plessis, 47.1 ov), 4-173 (Hashim Amla, 59.1 ov), 5-173 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 59.2 ov), 6-173 (Quinton de Kock, 59.4 ov), 7-208 (Vernon Philander, 70.5 ov), 8-237 (Simon Harmer, 79.2 ov), 9-239 (Dale Steyn, 79.4 ov), 10-248 (Temba Bavuma, 83.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dean Elgar (17) and Stiaan van Zyl (34)	58	82
second	Faf du Plessis (48) and Dean Elgar (30)	78	199
third	Hashim Amla (0) and Faf du Plessis (0)	0	2
fourth	Hashim Amla (13) and Temba Bavuma (24)	37	72
fifth	Jean-Paul Duminy (0) and Temba Bavuma (0)	0	1
sixth	Temba Bavuma (0) and Quinton de Kock (0)	0	2
seventh	Vernon Philander (24) and Temba Bavuma (11)	35	67
eighth	Temba Bavuma (14) and Simon Harmer (9)	29	51
ninth	Dale Steyn (2) and Temba Bavuma (0)	2	2
tenth	Morne Morkel (3) and Temba Bavuma (5)	9	25

BANGLADESH, FIRST INNINGS: 326 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Tamim Iqbal	b Dean Elgar	57	129
Imrul Kayes	st Quinton de Kock b Stiaan van Zyl	26	73
Mominul Haque	b Simon Harmer	6	14
Mahmudullah	lbw b Vernon Philander	67	138
Mushfiqur Rahim	lbw b Dale Steyn	28	61
Shakib Al Hasan	c Jean-Paul Duminy b Simon Harmer	47	114
Litton Das	c Quinton de Kock b Simon Harmer	50	102
Mohammad Shahid	c Stiaan van Zyl b Vernon Philander	25	19
Taijul Islam	c Dean Elgar b Dale Steyn	9	27
Mustafizur Rahman	c Jean-Paul Duminy b Dale Steyn	3	13
Jubair Hossain	not out	0	8

Extras 8 · Total 326 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Dale Steyn	22.1	5	78	3
Vernon Philander	20	2	40	2
Morne Morkel	19	2	52	0
Simon Harmer	35	8	105	3
Stiaan van Zyl	13	4	23	1
Dean Elgar	3	0	6	1
Jean-Paul Duminy	4	0	15	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-46 (Imrul Kayes, 18.2 ov), 2-55 (Mominul Haque, 21.5 ov), 3-144 (Tamim Iqbal, 53.3 ov), 4-178 (Mahmudullah, 66.1 ov), 5-195 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 72.5 ov), 6-277 (Shakib Al Hasan, 101.6 ov), 7-311 (Mohammad Shahid, 107.3 ov), 8-319 (Litton Das, 109.6 ov), 9-325 (Taijul Islam, 114.3 ov), 10-326 (Mustafizur Rahman, 116.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Tamim Iqbal (14) and Imrul Kayes (26)	46	111
second	Tamim Iqbal (3) and Mominul Haque (6)	9	21
third	Mahmudullah (49) and Tamim Iqbal (40)	89	190
fourth	Mahmudullah (18) and Mushfiqur Rahim (16)	34	76
fifth	Mushfiqur Rahim (12) and Shakib Al Hasan (4)	17	40
sixth	Shakib Al Hasan (43) and Litton Das (39)	82	175
seventh	Litton Das (9) and Mohammad Shahid (25)	34	33
eighth	Taijul Islam (6) and Litton Das (2)	8	15
ninth	Mustafizur Rahman (3) and Taijul Islam (3)	6	27
tenth	Mustafizur Rahman (0) and Jubair Hossain (0)	1	10

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 61 FOR 0

Batter	How out	R	B
Stiaan van Zyl	not out	33	71
Dean Elgar	not out	28	56

Did not bat: Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Jean-Paul Duminy, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Simon Harmer, Morne Morkel

Extras 0 · Total 61 for 0

Bowler (Bangladesh)	O	M	R
Mustafizur Rahman	5	0	21
Taijul Islam	2	0	4
Mahmudullah	1	1	0
Shakib Al Hasan	5	0	19
Mohammad Shahid	6	1	12
Jubair Hossain	2.1	1	5

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dean Elgar (28) and Stiaan van Zyl (33)	61	127

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