2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs South Africa

Saturday, April 7, 2007

Bangladesh pulled off a surprising victory over South Africa by 67 runs in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana.

Toss: South Africa won, and elected to field first.

Bangladesh innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Javid Omar	c Smith b Nel	17	41	2	0	41.46
Tamim Iqbal	c Boucher b Nel	38	59	6	0	64.40
Habibul Bashar	c & b Nel	5	14	0	0	35.71
Saqibul Hasan	c Smith b Kallis	9	27	1	0	33.33
Mohammad Ashraful	c Langeveldt b Nel	87	83	12	0	104.81
Aftab Ahmed	c Nel b Ntini	35	43	2	2	81.39
Mushfiqur Rahim	run out (Kemp)	6	13	0	0	46.15
Mashrafe Mortaza	b Nel	25	16	3	1	156.25
Mohammad Rafique	not out	3	7	0	0	42.85
Abdur Razzak	not out	2	2	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 7; w 12; nb 5)	24
Total	(8 Wickets; 50 overs)	251		26	3

Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Javed Omar, 13.4 ov), 2-59 (Habibul Bashar, 17.1 ov), 3-69 (Tamim Iqbal, 19.5 ov), 4-84 (Saqibul Hasan, 23.4 ov), 5-160 (Aftab Ahmed, 38.0 ov), 6-179 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 42.1 ov), 7-233 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 47.2 ov), 8-248 (Mohammad Ashraful, 49.1 ov)

South Africa bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Shaun Pollock	10	1	25	0	2.50
Makhaya Ntini	10	1	61	1	6.10
Andre Nel	10	1	45	5	4.50
Charl Langeveldt	10	0	57	0	5.70
Jacques Kallis	6	0	27	1	4.50
Graeme Smith	3	0	16	0	5.33
Justin Kemp	1	0	13	0	13.00

South Africa innings (Target: 252 runs from 50 overs)
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Graeme Smith	b Syed Rasel	12	24	1	0	50.00
Abraham de Villiers	b Abdur Razzak	15	39	1	0	38.46
Jacques Kallis	c Tamim Iqbal b Syed Rasel	32	36	5	0	88.88
Justin Kemp	c & b Saqibul Hasan	7	29	0	0	24.13
Ashwell Prince	run out (Aftab Ahmed)	1	7	0	0	14.28
Mark Boucher	c Syed Rasel b Saqibul Hasan	12	26	0	1	46.15
Herschelle Gibbs	not out	56	59	1	2	94.91
Shaun Pollock	run out (Tamim Iqbal)	17	23	0	0	73.91
Andre Nel	c & b Mohammad Rafique	1	5	0	0	20.00
Charl Langeveldt	lbw b Abdur Razzak	9	32	0	0	28.12
Makhaya Ntini	c Mashrafe Mortaza b Abdur Razzak	8	11	1	0	72.72
Extras	(lb 2; w 12)	14
Total	(all out; 48.4 overs)	184		9	3

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Smith, 5.4 ov), 2-63 (Kallis, 15.4 ov), 3-64 (de Villiers, 16.5 ov), 4-67 (Prince, 19.5 ov), 5-87 (Boucher, 26.4 ov), 6-87 (Kemp, 26.5 ov), 7-132 (Pollock, 35.5 ov), 8-137 (Nel, 37.3 ov), 9-162 (Langeveldt, 46.1 ov), 10-184 (Ntini, 48.4 ov)

Bangladesh bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza	9	0	45	0	5.00
Syed Rasel	10	0	41	2	4.10
Abdur Razzak	9.4	1	25	3	2.58
Mohammad Rafique	10	2	22	1	2.20
Saqibul Hasan	10	0	49	2	4.90

Bangladesh: Javid Omar, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Habibul Bashar (capt), Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel

South Africa: G C Smith (capt), A B de Villiers, J H Kallis, H H Gibbs, A G Prince, J M Kemp, M V Boucher (wkt), S M Pollock, A Nel, C K Langeveldt, M Ntini

Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh)

Umpires: M R Benson (England) and B R Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire: S A Bucknor (West Indies)
Match referee: B C Broad (England
Reserve umpire: D J Harper (Australia)

Sources

34th Match, Super Eights: Bangladesh v South Africa at Providence, Apr 7, 2007 — Cricinfo, April 7, 2007

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