Bangladeshi cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18

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Bangladeshi cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18
  Flag of South Africa.svg Flag of Bangladesh.svg
  South Africa Bangladesh
Dates 21 September – 29 October 2017
Captains Faf du Plessis (Tests, ODIs)
JP Duminy (T20Is)
Mushfiqur Rahim (Tests)
Mashrafe Mortaza (ODIs)
Shakib Al Hasan (T20Is)
Test series
Result South Africa won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Dean Elgar (330) Mahmudullah (122)
Most wickets Kagiso Rabada (15) Mominul Haque (3)
Subashis Roy (3)
Mustafizur Rahman (3)
Player of the series Dean Elgar (SA)
One Day International series
Results South Africa won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Quinton de Kock (287) Mushfiqur Rahim (178)
Most wickets Imran Tahir (6) Rubel Hossain (5)
Player of the series Quinton de Kock (SA)
Twenty20 International series
Results South Africa won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs David Miller (126) Soumya Sarkar (91)
Most wickets Robert Frylinck (3)
Andile Phehlukwayo (3)
Aaron Phangiso (3)
Beuran Hendricks (3)
Shakib Al Hasan (3)
Player of the series David Miller (SA)

The Bangladesh cricket team toured South Africa in September and October 2017 to play two Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] It was Bangladesh's first tour of South Africa in nine years. [2] Ahead of the series, Faf du Plessis was appointed captain of South Africa's ODI side, replacing AB de Villiers, therefore captaining South Africa in all three formats. [3] [4] However, du Plessis suffered an injury during the third ODI ruling him out of the T20I series, with JP Duminy replacing him as captain. [5]

Contents

South Africa won the Test series 2–0, [6] the ODI series 3–0 [7] and the T20I series 2–0. [8]

Squads

TestsODIsT20Is
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Morné Morkel was ruled out of South Africa's squad for the second Test with a side strain. [15] Dane Paterson was added to the squad as his replacement. [16] Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal was also ruled out of the second Test due to injury. [17]

Wayne Parnell was ruled out of the last two ODIs due to injury and was replaced by Wiaan Mulder in South Africa's squad. [13] Shafiul Islam was added to Bangladesh's ODI squad as cover for Mustafizur Rahman. [18] For the final ODI, Hashim Amla was rested with Aiden Markram added to South Africa's squad as his replacement. [19] Tamim Iqbal suffered an injury during the second ODI and was ruled out of the rest of the tour. [20]

Faf du Plessis injured himself during the third ODI and was ruled out of the T20I series as a result. [5] JP Duminy replaced him as captain and Dwaine Pretorius was added to South Africa's T20I squad. [5]

Tour matches

Three-day match: Cricket South Africa Invitation XI v Bangladesh

21–23 September 2017
Scorecard
v
306/7d (74.1 overs)
Mominul Haque 68 (117)
Michael Cohen 4/23 (11 overs)
313/8d (91 overs)
Shaun von Berg 62 (110)
Shafiul Islam 2/61 (12 overs)
235/9d (63 overs)
Sabbir Rahman 67 (98)
Shaun von Berg 4/77 (25 overs)
Match drawn
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

One-day match: Cricket South Africa Invitation XI v Bangladesh

12 October 2017
Scorecard
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
255 (48.1 overs)
v
Shakib Al Hasan 68 (67)
Robert Frylinck 2/25 (6 overs)
Aiden Markram 82 (68)
Mahmudullah 2/13 (4 overs)
Cricket South Africa Invitation XI won by 6 wickets
Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

Test series

1st Test

28 September–2 October 2017
Scorecard
v
496/3d (146 overs)
Dean Elgar 199 (388)
Shafiul Islam 1/74 (25 overs)
320 (89.1 overs)
Mominul Haque 77 (150)
Keshav Maharaj 3/92 (27.1 overs)
247/6d (56 overs)
Faf du Plessis 81 (101)
Mominul Haque 3/27 (6 overs)
90 (32.4 overs)
Imrul Kayes 32 (42)
Keshav Maharaj 4/25 (10.4 overs)
South Africa won by 333 runs
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Dean Elgar (SA)

2nd Test

6–10 October 2017 [n 1]
Scorecard
v
573/4d (120 overs)
Aiden Markram 143 (186)
Subashis Roy 3/118 (29 overs)
147 (42.5 overs)
Litton Das 70 (77)
Kagiso Rabada 5/33 (13.5 overs)
172 (42.4 overs) (f/o)
Mahmudullah 43 (59)
Kagiso Rabada 5/30 (11 overs)
South Africa won by an innings and 254 runs
Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Kagiso Rabada (SA)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Dean Elgar (SA) became the first batsman to score 1,000 runs in Tests in 2017. [22]
  • Aiden Markram (SA) scored his first century in Tests. [23]
  • Kagiso Rabada (SA) took his 100 wicket in Tests. [24]
  • This was South Africa's biggest win in Tests and was Bangladesh's biggest defeat by an innings in Tests against South Africa. [25]

ODI series

1st ODI

15 October 2017
10:00
Scorecard
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
278/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
282/0 (42.5 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahim 110* (116)
Kagiso Rabada 4/43 (10 overs)
Quinton de Kock 168* (145)
South Africa won by 10 wickets
De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Bongani Jele (SA)
Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)

2nd ODI

18 October 2017
10:00
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
353/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
249 (47.5 overs)
AB de Villiers 176 (104)
Rubel Hossain 4/62 (10 overs)
Imrul Kayes 68 (77)
Andile Phehlukwayo 4/40 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 104 runs
Boland Bank Park, Paarl
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)

3rd ODI

22 October 2017
10:00
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
369/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
169 (40.4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 91* (67)
Mehedi Hasan 2/59 (10 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 63 (82)
Dane Paterson 3/44 (9 overs)
South Africa won by 200 runs
Buffalo Park, East London
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shaun George (SA)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Aiden Markram and Wiaan Mulder (SA) both made their ODI debuts.
  • This was South Africa's highest total against Bangladesh in ODIs. [31]

T20I series

1st T20I

26 October 2017
18:00 (N)
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
195/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
175/9 (20 overs)
Quinton de Kock 59 (44)
Mehedi Hasan 2/31 (4 overs)
Soumya Sarkar 47 (31)
Andile Phehlukwayo 2/25 (4 overs)
South Africa won by 20 runs
Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Robert Frylinck (SA) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

29 October 2017
14:30
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
224/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
141 (18.3 overs)
David Miller 101* (36)
Shakib Al Hasan 2/22 (4 overs)
Soumya Sarkar 44 (27)
JP Duminy 2/23 (4 overs)
South Africa won by 83 runs
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA)
Player of the match: David Miller (SA)

Notes

  1. While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the second Test reached a result within three days.

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