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BENONI (South Africa), Oct 6: Herschelle Gibbs failed by three runs to score a world record fourth consecutive century as South Africa thrashed Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the second One-day International Sunday.
Gibbs was stranded on 97 not out scored off 66 balls with 19 fours as South Africa replied to Bangladesh’s 154 for nine with 155 without loss in 20.2 overs to clinch the three-match series.
South Africa were 149 without loss with Gibbs facing on 96 at the start of the last over of the match when leg-spinner Alok Kapali sent a delivery wide down the legside.
The ball passed Gibbs untouched and beat wicket-keeper Khaled Mashud before crossing the boundary to add five wides to the total and tie the scores. Gibbs drove the next delivery down the ground for a single to end the match.
Gibbs made 116 against Kenya and 116 retired against India in the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka. He then scored a career best 153 in the first match of the series in Potcheftroom on Thursday, which South Africa won by 168 runs.
Pakistanis Zaheer Abbas and Saeed Anwar are the only other players to achieve a hat trick of one-day hundreds.
Makhaya Ntini took three for 28 on a lively pitch as South Africa restricted Bangladesh to their modest total. Manjural Islam blighted the paceman’s figures by taking 12 runs off Ntini’s 10th and last over.
Bangladesh rallied towards the end of their innings, with Tapash Baisya and Manjural adding 37 off 41 balls for the ninth wicket, the biggest stand of the innings.
BANGLADESH:
Javed Omar c Boucher b Klusener 24
Hannan Sarkar c Boucher b Ntini 7
Al-Shahriar b Ntini 0
Sanwar Hossain lbw b Donald 8
Tushar Imran c Boucher b Benkenstein 23
Alok Kapali c Pollock b Klusener 0
Khaled Mashud b Ntini 15
Khaled Mahmud c Boucher b Pollock 18
Tapash Baisya not out 35
Manjural Islam run out 13
Talha Jubair not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-5, W-6) 11
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 154
FALL OF WKTS: 1-26, 2-26, 3-46, 4-46, 5-57, 6-74, 7-102, 8-117, 9-154.
BOWLING: Pollock 10-0-16-1 (1w); Ntini 10-5-28-3 (1w); Klusener 9-2-23-2 (1w); Donald 10-2-38-1 (2w); Ontong 7-0-27-0 (1w); Benkenstein 4-0-17-1.
SOUTH AFRICA:
G.C. Smith not out 48
H.H. Gibbs not out 97
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-7, NB-2) 10
TOTAL (for no wkt, 20.2 overs) 155
DID NOT BAT: M. van Jaarsveld, H.H. Dippenaar, D.M. Benkenstein, M.V. Boucher, S.M. Pollock, J.L. Ontong, L. Klusener, A.A. Donald, M. Ntini.
BOWLING: Manjural Islam 7-1-46-0 (2nb); Tapash Baisya 6-0-37-0 (1w); Talha Jubair 3-0-33-0 (1w); Khaled Mahmud 2-0-19-0; Alok Kapali 2.2-0-19-0 (5w).
RESULT: South Africa won by 10 wickets.
FIRST MATCH: Potchefstroom, South Africa won by 168 runs.
THIRD MATCH: Kimberley, Wednesday—Reuters
