KIMBERLEY: Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla smashed unbeaten centuries as South Africa cruised to a record-breaking 10-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first One-day International at the Diamond Oval on Sunday.
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat on a flat wicket, setting their hosts a below-par 279 to win. South Africa reached 282 without the loss of a wicket and with 43 balls to spare.
It was the seventh time that South Africa have won an ODI by 10 wickets and the third time they have achieved this against Bangladesh. It was, however, the highest total chased by any team to win by 10 wickets.
De Kock was the chief aggressor with 168 from 145 balls for a 13th ODI century that included 21 fours and two sixes.
The elegant Amla struck eight fours in his 110 from 112 balls, his 26th ODI ton, as the pair put on a South African record partnership for any wicket in the 50-over format.
Bangladesh’s innings of 278 for seven was underpinned by a fifth ODI century for Mushfiqur Rahim (110 from 116 balls), who became the first player from his country to score a ton against South Africa in any format.
South African spearhead Kagiso Rabada was the pick of the bowlers with figures of four for 43 in his 10 overs.
The second match in the three-game series will be played on Wednesday in Paarl, with the final game in East London on Oct 22.
Scoreboard
BANGLADESH:
Imrul Kayes c de Kock b Pretorius 31
Liton Das c du Plessis b Rabada 21
Shakib Al Hasan c Amla b Imran 29
Mushfiqur Rahim not out 110
Mahmudullah c Miller b Pretorius 26
Sabbir Rahman c Paterson b Rabada 19
Nasir Hossain c Amla b Rabada 11
M. Saifuddin c Paterson b Rabada 16
EXTRAS (LB-5, W-10) 15
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 278
FALL OF WKTS: 1-43, 2-67, 3-126, 4-195, 5-237, 6-253, 7-278.
DID NOT BAT: Mashrafe Mortaza, Taskin Ahmed, Rubel Hossain.
BOWLING: Rabada 10-1-43-4 (5w); Paterson 9-0-69-0; Imran Tahir 10-0-45-1; Pretorius 10-0-48-2 (1w); Phehlukwayo 10-0-60-0 (4w); Duminy 1-0-8-0.
SOUTH AFRICA:
Q. de Kock not out 168
H.M. Amla not out 110
EXTRAS (W-4) 4
TOTAL (for no wkt, 42.5 overs) 282
DID NOT BAT: F. du Plessis, A.B. de Villiers, D.A. Miller, J.P. Duminy, D. Pretorius, A.L. Phehlukwayo, K. Rabada, D. Paterson, Imran Tahir.
BOWLING: Rubel Hossain 6-0-37-0; Mashrafe Mortaza 8.5-0-50-0; Taskin Ahmed 8-0-61-0 (1w); Shakib Al Hasan 8-0-48-0 (2w); Mohammad Saifuddin 5-0-46-0; Nasir Hossain 5-0-29-0 (1w); Mahmudullah 2-0-11-0.
RESULT: South Africa won by 10 wickets to lead three-match series 1-0.
UMPIRES: B.Y. Jele (South Africa) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan).
TV UMPIRE: R.S.A. Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka).
MATCH REFEREE: R.S. Madugalle (Sri Lanka).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Quinton de Kock.
SECOND MATCH: Paarl, Oct 18.
THIRD MATCH: East London, Oct 22.
Published in Dawn, October 16th, 2017
