SA 496/3d & 247/6d beat BAN 320 & 90 by 333 runs
2nd Test result
2nd Test result
| South Africa: 573-4: Markram 143, Du Plessis 135*, Amla 132*, Elgar 113 |
| Bangladesh 147 & 172: Mahmudullah 43, Rabada 5-30 |
| South Africa won by an innings and 254 runs; win series 2-0 |
South Africa thrashed Bangladesh by an innings and 254 runs inside three days to win the second Test in Bloemfontein and complete a series victory.
Four players second centuries in the first innings for the Proteas before they declared on 573-4.
The hosts then bowled Bangladesh out for 147 and 172 to complete an easy win.
Kagiso Rabada was the pick of South Africa's bowlers as he took 10 wickets in the match for just 63 runs.
The victory completed a comprehensive series win for South Africa in the two-Test contest after they had won the opener by 333 runs.
1st ODI
SA 282/0 beat Bangladesh 278/7 by 10 wickets
Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla blitzed a century each, became South Africa's most prolific ODI pair of all-time and scripted their biggest win by 10 wickets in ODI history. South Africa's mockery of a 279-run target followed Bangladesh's own record-setting after they chose to bat in the first ODI. Mushfiqur Rahim became the first Bangladesh batsman to score a century against South Africa in any format and led his team to their highest total against this opposition. But those efforts barely challenged the hosts.
On a flat track in Kimberley, where anything under 300 was considered sub-par, Bangladesh were at least 50 runs short. Mushfiqur did his bit, but found scant assistance. Imrul Kayes was the only other player to score more than 30 against a weakened South African attack.
2nd ODI
South Africa 353/6 (50 ov)
Bangladesh 249 (47.5/50 ov)
South Africa won by 104 runs
South Africa's massive 353 for 6, amplified by a career-best 176 by comeback-man AB de Villiers, proved too much for Bangladesh as they went down by 104 runs to concede the series. The win in Paarl was also made sweeter by Andile Phehlukwayo's four-wicket haul that helped skittle out Bangladesh for 249.
De Villiers added 136 runs for the third wicket with Hashim Amla to drive the innings from 90 for 2. Once Amla was out for 85, de Villiers went berserk, striking six of his seven sixes in 17 deliveries. The six-storm raised hopes of a double ton and South Africa's 400. But that wasn't to be as de Villiers holed out at deep square in the 48th over.
Bangladesh lost openers Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das by the 11th over. Imrul Kayes and Mushfiqur Rahim added 93 runs for the third wicket thereafter, but they hardly threatened South Africa as the required run-rate escalated above eight an over by the 19th. By the 33rd over, it had crossed 10 per over.
Imrul reached his first half-century across formats in 2017, but he couldn't convert, falling to Imran Tahir for 68. Shakib Al Hasan followed in Tahir's next over, while Mushfiqur became Dwaine Pretorius' second victim in the 34th over when he reached out too far to a slower, wide bouncer. He could only slice an easy catch to JP Duminy at cover. From there, the innings was largely in a freefall as Tahir and Phehlukwayo made merry.
Earlier, South Africa started steadily through their openers again. Despite hitting just three boundaries in 17.3 overs, Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla still added 90. But when Shakib removed de Kock and Faf du Plessis in the space of four deliveries, Bangladesh had an opening. But, they somehow found ways to fluff their lines and concede the advantage.
Mahmudullah missed a run-out opportunity while Nasir Hossain wasn't swift enough in the slips when an edge flew past his left. Both were chances to remove de Villiers early in his innings. He cashed in and brought up his half-century off just 34 balls, and a further 34 to bring up his 25th ODI century. All of his seven sixes came between backward square-leg and midwicket while a majority of his fours came through the covers.
Rubel Hossain, who finished with 4 for 62, prevented further damage after he removed de Villiers; South Africa added just 10 runs in the last 2.2 overs of their innings. Shakib took 2 for 60 from his 10 overs but Mashrafe Mortaza and Taskin Ahmed, expected to do the early running, conceded 12 fours and six sixes collectively.
Bangladesh now have three days to recover from the de Villiers onslaught going into the final ODI of the tour in East London.
3rd ODI
South Africa 369/6 (50 ov)
Bangladesh 169 (40.4/50 ov)
South Africa won by 200 runs
South Africa strode to a clean-sweep over Bangladesh with a third dominating performance marred only by an injury to Faf du Plessis. The captain suffered an acute lower-back strain after top-scoring with 91, had to retire hurt in the 41st over of the South African innings and could not take the field. He has been ruled out of next week's T20 series.
That disruption did not get in the way of South Africa bossing proceedings, even as they emptied the bench to provide younger players with opportunity. Three of the top four scored half-centuries, all the recognised batsmen had strike rates over 100 and they piled on their highest total at Buffalo Park and against Bangladesh, who were little more than spectators of their own performance.
Bangladesh have suffered heftier defeats, but only twice. They were beaten by 233 runs by Pakistan 17 years ago, by 206 runs by South Africa at the 2011 World Cup and this, a 200-run thrashing, is their joint third heaviest loss in a series to forget. For the first time in their history, Bangladesh's bowling conceded over 1000 runs in a three-match series and though their batting line-up did not rack up similarly bleak records, they were limp. In this match, only two of their batsmen got past 20 and only one, Shakib Al Hasan, scored more than fifty.
Contrastingly, South Africa were in the runs. Temba Bavuma returned to the ODI side for the first time since his one-off appearance against Ireland last year and was tasked with opening the batting in Hashim Amla's absence. He immediately showed what he is capable of when he spanked the first ball - a short, wide delivery from Mashrafe Mortaza - through cover point.
With Quinton de Kock at his audacious best at the other end, South Africa's 50 came up inside eight overs and 100 inside 15 as they treated every bowler with similar disdain.
Mehidy Hasan, who not been part of the side since the first Test in Potchefstroom, was punished when he took the new ball but ended up as the most successful bowler, taking two wickets in three overs in an attempt to create pressure. He had Bavuma caught at long-on for 48 and de Kock skied one back to him on 73 but relief of removing the openers was shortlived.
Aiden Markram, who had success against Bangladesh in the Tests, was sent in ahead of de Villiers on debut and wasted no time showing off his short-form ability. He danced down the track to the eighth ball he faced and sent Mehidy over long-on for six.
Markram shared a 151-run third-wicket stand with du Plessis, which lasted only 18 overs. The pair scored an over eight runs an over while they were together and though they targeted everyone, Mahmudullah came in for the most punishment. His three overs cost 33.
Du Plessis was well on his way to a ninth ODI century and was in a hurry to get there. He was on 89 when he flicked a ball to mid-wicket and pushed Markram to run a second but tweaked a muscle in his lower back, forcing him off the field. Markram, whose fifty came off 47 balls, paid the price for trying to steal a second when he was run-out trying to get AB de Villiers on strike.
Bangladesh kept de Villiers relatively quiet and had him caught at extra cover for 20 then dismissed allrounders Wiaan Mulder, on debut, and Andile Phehlukwayo in the same over. South Africa lost 5 for 52 in the final 10 overs but had done more than enough.
Bangladesh's hopes of challenging South Africa were up by the fifth over of their innings. They had been reduced to 20 for 3 after Imrul Kayes gifted Dane Paterson a wicket when he scooped him to mid-off, Liton Das was trapped lbw and Soumya Sarkar edged Kagiso Rabada to slip.
Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib were Bangladesh's best chance of making a decent fist of things but Mushfiqur holed out off Phehlukwayo, leaving Shakib to try and salvage something with the middle order. His only assistance came from Sabbir Rahman, who shared in a 67-run sixth-wicket stand, during which Shakib brought up a hard-fought fifty.
The rest of the line-up were easy picking for an inexperienced South African attack. Mulder dismissed Mahmudullah lbw to claim his first international wicket and Markram claimed the wickets of Shakib and Sabbir to become one of only four players to score fifty and take two wickets or more on debut.
SA 282/0 beat Bangladesh 278/7 by 10 wickets
Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla blitzed a century each, became South Africa's most prolific ODI pair of all-time and scripted their biggest win by 10 wickets in ODI history. South Africa's mockery of a 279-run target followed Bangladesh's own record-setting after they chose to bat in the first ODI. Mushfiqur Rahim became the first Bangladesh batsman to score a century against South Africa in any format and led his team to their highest total against this opposition. But those efforts barely challenged the hosts.
On a flat track in Kimberley, where anything under 300 was considered sub-par, Bangladesh were at least 50 runs short. Mushfiqur did his bit, but found scant assistance. Imrul Kayes was the only other player to score more than 30 against a weakened South African attack.
2nd ODI
South Africa 353/6 (50 ov)
Bangladesh 249 (47.5/50 ov)
South Africa won by 104 runs
South Africa's massive 353 for 6, amplified by a career-best 176 by comeback-man AB de Villiers, proved too much for Bangladesh as they went down by 104 runs to concede the series. The win in Paarl was also made sweeter by Andile Phehlukwayo's four-wicket haul that helped skittle out Bangladesh for 249.
De Villiers added 136 runs for the third wicket with Hashim Amla to drive the innings from 90 for 2. Once Amla was out for 85, de Villiers went berserk, striking six of his seven sixes in 17 deliveries. The six-storm raised hopes of a double ton and South Africa's 400. But that wasn't to be as de Villiers holed out at deep square in the 48th over.
Bangladesh lost openers Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das by the 11th over. Imrul Kayes and Mushfiqur Rahim added 93 runs for the third wicket thereafter, but they hardly threatened South Africa as the required run-rate escalated above eight an over by the 19th. By the 33rd over, it had crossed 10 per over.
Imrul reached his first half-century across formats in 2017, but he couldn't convert, falling to Imran Tahir for 68. Shakib Al Hasan followed in Tahir's next over, while Mushfiqur became Dwaine Pretorius' second victim in the 34th over when he reached out too far to a slower, wide bouncer. He could only slice an easy catch to JP Duminy at cover. From there, the innings was largely in a freefall as Tahir and Phehlukwayo made merry.
Earlier, South Africa started steadily through their openers again. Despite hitting just three boundaries in 17.3 overs, Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla still added 90. But when Shakib removed de Kock and Faf du Plessis in the space of four deliveries, Bangladesh had an opening. But, they somehow found ways to fluff their lines and concede the advantage.
Mahmudullah missed a run-out opportunity while Nasir Hossain wasn't swift enough in the slips when an edge flew past his left. Both were chances to remove de Villiers early in his innings. He cashed in and brought up his half-century off just 34 balls, and a further 34 to bring up his 25th ODI century. All of his seven sixes came between backward square-leg and midwicket while a majority of his fours came through the covers.
Rubel Hossain, who finished with 4 for 62, prevented further damage after he removed de Villiers; South Africa added just 10 runs in the last 2.2 overs of their innings. Shakib took 2 for 60 from his 10 overs but Mashrafe Mortaza and Taskin Ahmed, expected to do the early running, conceded 12 fours and six sixes collectively.
Bangladesh now have three days to recover from the de Villiers onslaught going into the final ODI of the tour in East London.
3rd ODI
South Africa 369/6 (50 ov)
Bangladesh 169 (40.4/50 ov)
South Africa won by 200 runs
South Africa strode to a clean-sweep over Bangladesh with a third dominating performance marred only by an injury to Faf du Plessis. The captain suffered an acute lower-back strain after top-scoring with 91, had to retire hurt in the 41st over of the South African innings and could not take the field. He has been ruled out of next week's T20 series.
That disruption did not get in the way of South Africa bossing proceedings, even as they emptied the bench to provide younger players with opportunity. Three of the top four scored half-centuries, all the recognised batsmen had strike rates over 100 and they piled on their highest total at Buffalo Park and against Bangladesh, who were little more than spectators of their own performance.
Bangladesh have suffered heftier defeats, but only twice. They were beaten by 233 runs by Pakistan 17 years ago, by 206 runs by South Africa at the 2011 World Cup and this, a 200-run thrashing, is their joint third heaviest loss in a series to forget. For the first time in their history, Bangladesh's bowling conceded over 1000 runs in a three-match series and though their batting line-up did not rack up similarly bleak records, they were limp. In this match, only two of their batsmen got past 20 and only one, Shakib Al Hasan, scored more than fifty.
Contrastingly, South Africa were in the runs. Temba Bavuma returned to the ODI side for the first time since his one-off appearance against Ireland last year and was tasked with opening the batting in Hashim Amla's absence. He immediately showed what he is capable of when he spanked the first ball - a short, wide delivery from Mashrafe Mortaza - through cover point.
With Quinton de Kock at his audacious best at the other end, South Africa's 50 came up inside eight overs and 100 inside 15 as they treated every bowler with similar disdain.
Mehidy Hasan, who not been part of the side since the first Test in Potchefstroom, was punished when he took the new ball but ended up as the most successful bowler, taking two wickets in three overs in an attempt to create pressure. He had Bavuma caught at long-on for 48 and de Kock skied one back to him on 73 but relief of removing the openers was shortlived.
Aiden Markram, who had success against Bangladesh in the Tests, was sent in ahead of de Villiers on debut and wasted no time showing off his short-form ability. He danced down the track to the eighth ball he faced and sent Mehidy over long-on for six.
Markram shared a 151-run third-wicket stand with du Plessis, which lasted only 18 overs. The pair scored an over eight runs an over while they were together and though they targeted everyone, Mahmudullah came in for the most punishment. His three overs cost 33.
Du Plessis was well on his way to a ninth ODI century and was in a hurry to get there. He was on 89 when he flicked a ball to mid-wicket and pushed Markram to run a second but tweaked a muscle in his lower back, forcing him off the field. Markram, whose fifty came off 47 balls, paid the price for trying to steal a second when he was run-out trying to get AB de Villiers on strike.
Bangladesh kept de Villiers relatively quiet and had him caught at extra cover for 20 then dismissed allrounders Wiaan Mulder, on debut, and Andile Phehlukwayo in the same over. South Africa lost 5 for 52 in the final 10 overs but had done more than enough.
Bangladesh's hopes of challenging South Africa were up by the fifth over of their innings. They had been reduced to 20 for 3 after Imrul Kayes gifted Dane Paterson a wicket when he scooped him to mid-off, Liton Das was trapped lbw and Soumya Sarkar edged Kagiso Rabada to slip.
Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib were Bangladesh's best chance of making a decent fist of things but Mushfiqur holed out off Phehlukwayo, leaving Shakib to try and salvage something with the middle order. His only assistance came from Sabbir Rahman, who shared in a 67-run sixth-wicket stand, during which Shakib brought up a hard-fought fifty.
The rest of the line-up were easy picking for an inexperienced South African attack. Mulder dismissed Mahmudullah lbw to claim his first international wicket and Markram claimed the wickets of Shakib and Sabbir to become one of only four players to score fifty and take two wickets or more on debut.
1st T20I
SA 195/4 (20/20 overs)
BAN 175/9
South Africa won by 20 runs
Another match, another win for South Africa: nothing much has changed in the last four weeks. The hosts won by 20 runs in the first T20I. But for the first time on tour, Bangladesh were able to put up a proper fight.
Quinton de Kock smacked a half-century, AB de Villiers, in one of his moods, hit eight boundaries in his first 16 balls and Farhaan Behardien produced a fine knock as finisher to take South Africa to a total of 195. Then, Dane Paterson, Andile Phehlukwayo, Beuran Hendricks and debutant Robbie Frylinck picked up two wickets each to keep Bangladesh down to 175 for 9 in 20 overs.
Mehidy Hasan and Shakib Al Hasan bowled effectively against a set of rampaging batsmen. Later, Soumya Sarkar and Mohammad Saifuddin did well to put pressure an inexperienced South African attack. It wasn't enough, but it was something worth talking about from the visitors.
After JP Duminy decided to bat, the home side banked on two strong partnerships to post a competitive total. A 79-run second wicket stand between de Villiers and de Kock gave them the foundation before the unbroken 62-run fifth wicket stand between David Miller and Behardien gave them the sparkling finish.
Bangladesh started well, taking their earliest first wicket on tour when Mehedi removed Hashim Amla in the second over. De Villiers arrived at the crease at that point and saw de Kock hit three fours before getting down to business himself.
He started with two fours off Rubel Hossain in the fifth over that went for 14. He struck Shafiul Islam for four boundaries in the next over that went for 18. In the seventh over, de Villiers hammered Saifuddin for two more fours as South Africa got 44 runs in these three overs.
Over the next three overs though, Mehedi and Shakib gave away only 20 runs and that made a difference as de Villiers went for another of his big shots only to hole out to long-off. He finished with 49 off 27 balls.
A spell of 27 balls without a boundary was broken in the 12th over when the South African stand-in captain JP Duminy tonked a full toss over deep midwicket. It was the only bad ball in Mehidy's entire spell, which yielded 2 for 31.
Imrul Kayes completed a great catch at long-on to remove Duminy in the 13th over, which also included a marginal run-out call which went South Africa's way. De Kock, the batsman reprieved, fell lbw to Rubel Hossain in the 15th over, having made 59 off 44 balls. And though he wasn't too wasn't happy with the decision he didn't even try to review it.
Behardien and Miller came together with the score on 133 for 4 with five overs left. They only got five boundaries in that time, but by using the large boundaries and pinching twos at every opportunity, they were still able to ransack 62 runs.
Bangladesh began the chase aggressively, Kayes smashing the first ball from Paterson for four over mid-off and Sarkar joining in with a massive six over mid-on standing out among his many clean hits over the leg side.
They kept up with the required rate while the field restrictions were on - for the cost of Kayes' wicket - but their hopes of building on such a fine start were put to bed by Frylinck and Phehlukwayo. One made Shakib his maiden T20I wicket and the other trapped Bangladesh's most fluent batsman lbw.
Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah followed Sarkar to the pavilion, leaving Bangladesh at 101 for 5 in the 12th over. Sabbir Rahman, the last specialist batsman, fell 15 balls later and the contest was as good as done. Paterson added the exclamation point to that statement, taking two wickets in two balls, one of them off a scorching yorker, as Bangladesh continued unravelling. Against this backdrop, Saifuddin made a composed 39 off 27 balls. He hadn't allowed South Africa to get too many in the last over of their innings and he ensured they wouldn't bowl Bangladesh out, taking 15 runs off the last over of the match.
2nd T20I
South Africa 224/4 (20 ov)
Bangladesh 141 (18.3/20 ov)
South Africa won by 83 runs
David Miller smashed the fastest T20I century off 35 balls, beating countryman Richard Levi by 10 deliveries. In doing so, Miller took South Africa to a series win and a historic clean-sweep across formats against a visiting team, the first such instance in 17 tours in which they have played an opposition in all three formats. As a result, Bangladesh leave the country empty-handed, defeated in the Tests, ODIs and T20Is, with Miller's mauling being the final nail in the coffin.
South Africa, with new coach Ottis Gibson at the helm, aimed to be as ruthless as possible in this early-season series, and underlined that intention with this performance, in their 100th T20 international.
Hashim Amla set the tone with his 85 off 51 balls and seemed set for a century but was dismissed in the 17th over, attempting to clear the midwicket boundary. Miller was on 42 off 20 balls at the time, with 21 balls left in the innings. Miller, however, needed only 15 of those to get the 58 runs that took him to a hundred, including five sixes in succession off Mohammad Saifuddin in the penultimate over of the innings.
Bangladesh had reason to rue that assault, for they could have dismissed Miller early in his innings, even before he had a run to his name. The second ball Miller faced was short from Rubel Hossain and he gloved it down the leg side. Mushfiqur Rahim, the wicketkeeper, dived one-handed to his right, got to the ball but could not hold on. In the next over, Miller charged Saifuddin and lofted a drive over the covers. Three fielders converged on the ball but the ball landed between them.
At that juncture in the game, Bangladesh were more concerned about Amla, who was timing the ball well and had sauntered to his fifty off 32 balls. He held together the first half of South Africa's innings, in which the visitors kept them fairly quiet. Shakib Al Hasan bowled both Mangaliso Mosehle and JP Duminy for single-digit scores and AB de Villiers holed out to long-off for 20. South Africa were 78 for 3 at the halfway stage when Amla began to up the ante.
He took on the short ball, which Bangladesh offered in abundance, and allowed Miller ample time to settle. Miller seemed to need it and could have been out a third time when he came out of his crease and edged Mahmudullah in the 15th over, with the ball rolling towards the stumps, but missing it eventually. Miller made it back in time and avoided being stumped. That was, however, the last of the nerves shown by him.
Miller slammed the next ball over long-off for the first of his nine sixes. There was much more to come. He dispatched Rubel to cow corner for four in the next over, then sent him over long-on for two sixes in the next three balls. By the time Amla was dismissed, Miller had got his eye in. He reached his half-century with a top-edge off a hook and followed that up by smashing a Taskin Ahmed full toss over long-on before the showstopper.
Saifuddin, who had figures of 2 for 22 from his first three overs, started his final over with a full, slower ball. Miller clobbered it for a six. Then, he went quicker but still full, outside off. Miller went inside-out over the covers for six. The third ball was also full, Miller shuffled across and flicked behind square leg for the third six. Then Saifuddin darted the next one full down the leg side and out came another flick for another six. It was only after he had been hit for four consecutive sixes that Saifuddin received some advice from his captain but to no avail. He went short and Miller pulled. For six.
Only two other players have hit six sixes in a row in an over in international cricket, one of them a South African - Herschelle Gibbs - and Miller was on the cusp of joining them. The final ball was full and wide and Miller went down on one knee but drove it along the ground for one. He was disappointed but kept strike, which enabled him to go for a hundred in the final over.
Miller fell over as he reached for a full Rubel delivery that he sent for four and then under-edged a full toss for four more before a brace of twos took him to the fastest hundred in this format. Farhaan Behardien, the non-striker, was as much a spectator as the beleaguered Bangladesh attack. While Shakib conceded only 22 runs off his four overs, the other five bowlers gave away 201 runs off 16 overs at 12.5 an over. Saifuddin's 31-run fourth over meant he finished with 2 for 53 but Miller could be heard commiserating with him as the teams left the field.
They have never scored over 200 in a T20 and needed 225 this time. They started well, with 17 runs off the first over but South Africa had a trick up their sleeve. Duminy brought himself on in the second over and should have had a wicket immediately. Soumya Sarkar took him on and sent the ball straight to Robbie Frylinck at mid-on, who had to take a simple catch but could not hold on. Duminy kept Sarkar quiet for the rest of that over and on the last ball, he was desperate to get a move on and called for a suicidal single after belting the ball into the covers. Miller collected and threw the ball wide of Mosehle, who had to move to his left but had enough time to gather and run Imrul Kayes out.
Rather than see himself as a novelty, Duminy continued and in his next over, struck the killer blow. Shakib made room and Duminy aimed at the stumps and bowled him. In the next over, Mushfiqur edged Frylink to Mosehle; Bangladesh were 32 for 3 before five overs were up and they had little opportunity left to stage a comeback. It was only a matter of time for them and all of South Africa's bowlers enjoyed some reward as they wrapped up a professional, clinical victory.
SA 195/4 (20/20 overs)
BAN 175/9
South Africa won by 20 runs
Another match, another win for South Africa: nothing much has changed in the last four weeks. The hosts won by 20 runs in the first T20I. But for the first time on tour, Bangladesh were able to put up a proper fight.
Quinton de Kock smacked a half-century, AB de Villiers, in one of his moods, hit eight boundaries in his first 16 balls and Farhaan Behardien produced a fine knock as finisher to take South Africa to a total of 195. Then, Dane Paterson, Andile Phehlukwayo, Beuran Hendricks and debutant Robbie Frylinck picked up two wickets each to keep Bangladesh down to 175 for 9 in 20 overs.
Mehidy Hasan and Shakib Al Hasan bowled effectively against a set of rampaging batsmen. Later, Soumya Sarkar and Mohammad Saifuddin did well to put pressure an inexperienced South African attack. It wasn't enough, but it was something worth talking about from the visitors.
After JP Duminy decided to bat, the home side banked on two strong partnerships to post a competitive total. A 79-run second wicket stand between de Villiers and de Kock gave them the foundation before the unbroken 62-run fifth wicket stand between David Miller and Behardien gave them the sparkling finish.
Bangladesh started well, taking their earliest first wicket on tour when Mehedi removed Hashim Amla in the second over. De Villiers arrived at the crease at that point and saw de Kock hit three fours before getting down to business himself.
He started with two fours off Rubel Hossain in the fifth over that went for 14. He struck Shafiul Islam for four boundaries in the next over that went for 18. In the seventh over, de Villiers hammered Saifuddin for two more fours as South Africa got 44 runs in these three overs.
Over the next three overs though, Mehedi and Shakib gave away only 20 runs and that made a difference as de Villiers went for another of his big shots only to hole out to long-off. He finished with 49 off 27 balls.
A spell of 27 balls without a boundary was broken in the 12th over when the South African stand-in captain JP Duminy tonked a full toss over deep midwicket. It was the only bad ball in Mehidy's entire spell, which yielded 2 for 31.
Imrul Kayes completed a great catch at long-on to remove Duminy in the 13th over, which also included a marginal run-out call which went South Africa's way. De Kock, the batsman reprieved, fell lbw to Rubel Hossain in the 15th over, having made 59 off 44 balls. And though he wasn't too wasn't happy with the decision he didn't even try to review it.
Behardien and Miller came together with the score on 133 for 4 with five overs left. They only got five boundaries in that time, but by using the large boundaries and pinching twos at every opportunity, they were still able to ransack 62 runs.
Bangladesh began the chase aggressively, Kayes smashing the first ball from Paterson for four over mid-off and Sarkar joining in with a massive six over mid-on standing out among his many clean hits over the leg side.
They kept up with the required rate while the field restrictions were on - for the cost of Kayes' wicket - but their hopes of building on such a fine start were put to bed by Frylinck and Phehlukwayo. One made Shakib his maiden T20I wicket and the other trapped Bangladesh's most fluent batsman lbw.
Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah followed Sarkar to the pavilion, leaving Bangladesh at 101 for 5 in the 12th over. Sabbir Rahman, the last specialist batsman, fell 15 balls later and the contest was as good as done. Paterson added the exclamation point to that statement, taking two wickets in two balls, one of them off a scorching yorker, as Bangladesh continued unravelling. Against this backdrop, Saifuddin made a composed 39 off 27 balls. He hadn't allowed South Africa to get too many in the last over of their innings and he ensured they wouldn't bowl Bangladesh out, taking 15 runs off the last over of the match.
2nd T20I
South Africa 224/4 (20 ov)
Bangladesh 141 (18.3/20 ov)
South Africa won by 83 runs
David Miller smashed the fastest T20I century off 35 balls, beating countryman Richard Levi by 10 deliveries. In doing so, Miller took South Africa to a series win and a historic clean-sweep across formats against a visiting team, the first such instance in 17 tours in which they have played an opposition in all three formats. As a result, Bangladesh leave the country empty-handed, defeated in the Tests, ODIs and T20Is, with Miller's mauling being the final nail in the coffin.
South Africa, with new coach Ottis Gibson at the helm, aimed to be as ruthless as possible in this early-season series, and underlined that intention with this performance, in their 100th T20 international.
Hashim Amla set the tone with his 85 off 51 balls and seemed set for a century but was dismissed in the 17th over, attempting to clear the midwicket boundary. Miller was on 42 off 20 balls at the time, with 21 balls left in the innings. Miller, however, needed only 15 of those to get the 58 runs that took him to a hundred, including five sixes in succession off Mohammad Saifuddin in the penultimate over of the innings.
Bangladesh had reason to rue that assault, for they could have dismissed Miller early in his innings, even before he had a run to his name. The second ball Miller faced was short from Rubel Hossain and he gloved it down the leg side. Mushfiqur Rahim, the wicketkeeper, dived one-handed to his right, got to the ball but could not hold on. In the next over, Miller charged Saifuddin and lofted a drive over the covers. Three fielders converged on the ball but the ball landed between them.
At that juncture in the game, Bangladesh were more concerned about Amla, who was timing the ball well and had sauntered to his fifty off 32 balls. He held together the first half of South Africa's innings, in which the visitors kept them fairly quiet. Shakib Al Hasan bowled both Mangaliso Mosehle and JP Duminy for single-digit scores and AB de Villiers holed out to long-off for 20. South Africa were 78 for 3 at the halfway stage when Amla began to up the ante.
He took on the short ball, which Bangladesh offered in abundance, and allowed Miller ample time to settle. Miller seemed to need it and could have been out a third time when he came out of his crease and edged Mahmudullah in the 15th over, with the ball rolling towards the stumps, but missing it eventually. Miller made it back in time and avoided being stumped. That was, however, the last of the nerves shown by him.
Miller slammed the next ball over long-off for the first of his nine sixes. There was much more to come. He dispatched Rubel to cow corner for four in the next over, then sent him over long-on for two sixes in the next three balls. By the time Amla was dismissed, Miller had got his eye in. He reached his half-century with a top-edge off a hook and followed that up by smashing a Taskin Ahmed full toss over long-on before the showstopper.
Saifuddin, who had figures of 2 for 22 from his first three overs, started his final over with a full, slower ball. Miller clobbered it for a six. Then, he went quicker but still full, outside off. Miller went inside-out over the covers for six. The third ball was also full, Miller shuffled across and flicked behind square leg for the third six. Then Saifuddin darted the next one full down the leg side and out came another flick for another six. It was only after he had been hit for four consecutive sixes that Saifuddin received some advice from his captain but to no avail. He went short and Miller pulled. For six.
Only two other players have hit six sixes in a row in an over in international cricket, one of them a South African - Herschelle Gibbs - and Miller was on the cusp of joining them. The final ball was full and wide and Miller went down on one knee but drove it along the ground for one. He was disappointed but kept strike, which enabled him to go for a hundred in the final over.
Miller fell over as he reached for a full Rubel delivery that he sent for four and then under-edged a full toss for four more before a brace of twos took him to the fastest hundred in this format. Farhaan Behardien, the non-striker, was as much a spectator as the beleaguered Bangladesh attack. While Shakib conceded only 22 runs off his four overs, the other five bowlers gave away 201 runs off 16 overs at 12.5 an over. Saifuddin's 31-run fourth over meant he finished with 2 for 53 but Miller could be heard commiserating with him as the teams left the field.
They have never scored over 200 in a T20 and needed 225 this time. They started well, with 17 runs off the first over but South Africa had a trick up their sleeve. Duminy brought himself on in the second over and should have had a wicket immediately. Soumya Sarkar took him on and sent the ball straight to Robbie Frylinck at mid-on, who had to take a simple catch but could not hold on. Duminy kept Sarkar quiet for the rest of that over and on the last ball, he was desperate to get a move on and called for a suicidal single after belting the ball into the covers. Miller collected and threw the ball wide of Mosehle, who had to move to his left but had enough time to gather and run Imrul Kayes out.
Rather than see himself as a novelty, Duminy continued and in his next over, struck the killer blow. Shakib made room and Duminy aimed at the stumps and bowled him. In the next over, Mushfiqur edged Frylink to Mosehle; Bangladesh were 32 for 3 before five overs were up and they had little opportunity left to stage a comeback. It was only a matter of time for them and all of South Africa's bowlers enjoyed some reward as they wrapped up a professional, clinical victory.
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