Twenty20 World Cup, Bangladesh vs South Africa, Group A
Posted September 16th, 2007 by Nanda No Comments »
South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by a comfortable 7 wickets and 7 balls to spare. Number 7 was also lucky for the Sri Lankans in their
win over the Kiwis. South Africa won the toss and elected to field first, again. The Bangladeshis did not start of well and were in all sorts of trouble at 34-3 with the skipper, Mohammad Ashraful, gone for only 10 runs that already included 1 four and 1 six.
The Proteas kept the pressure up and wickets continued to fall, however, 144 runs were scored in the end. Pollock was the most successful and expensive bowlers. His 3.3 overs cost 40 runs and he picked up 3 wickets. Ntini also went for quite a few - 31 runs from 2 overs. The best bowler was JJ van der Wath who gave away a measly 13 runs from 4 overs and got a wicket. Aftab Ahmad was the top scorer for Bangladesh, smashing 36 runs from only 14 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes.
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