South Africa vs Bangladesh, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Bangladesh tour of South Africa, 2022 Venue: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Date & Time: Apr 08-Apr 12, 10:00 AM LOCAL
Simon Harmer 3-34(11.3 ov)
23.3
Harmer to Taijul Islam, out Lbw!! South Africa win by 332 runs and take the series 2-0. That was beautifully set up by Harmer. He bowled a couple of off-breaks and beat Taijul on the outside edge. Then slips in the slider and Taijul has no clue, he prods forward to defend and plays outside the line, ball beats the inside edge and strikes him on the back pad. It was stone dead but Taijul just wanted to delay the celebrations as Bangladesh had a couple of reviews. Taijul Islam lbw b Harmer 0(11)
23.2
Harmer to Taijul Islam, no run, flighted around off, Taijul is doing well not to go chasing the ball and is beaten on the outside edge
23.1
Harmer to Taijul Islam, no run, tossed up around off, Taijul keeps his bat close to the body and allows it to go past the outside edge
21.6
Harmer to Taijul Islam, no run, slower and on middle, Taijul outside halves the block to backward point
21.5
Harmer to Taijul Islam, no run, flighted outside off, Taijul ignores
21.4
Harmer to Taijul Islam, no run, tossed up around off, Taijul prods forward and keeps it out
21.3
Harmer to Mehidy Hasan, 1 run, spinning in from a shortish length, Mehidy chops it to the vacant cover region
21.2
Harmer to Mehidy Hasan, SIX, shot! Mehidy uses his feet, gets to the pitch of the ball and smokes it flat over the bowler, struck it powerfully as it goes the distance
21.1
Harmer to Mehidy Hasan, no run, turn and bounce, Mehidy gets on top and tucks it past leg slip
19.6
Harmer to Mehidy Hasan, no run, drifted across the right hander, Mehidy is back and across to defend
19.5
Harmer to Mehidy Hasan, 2 runs, once more sees the line on leg-stump and goes the sweep, this is off the glove and it flies wide of leg slip, two more
19.4
Harmer to Mehidy Hasan, FOUR, wrong line from Harmer and Mehidy puts it away. On leg-stump and Mehidy sweeps it with the spin, beats the man at backward square leg and the ball runs away
19.3
Harmer to Mehidy Hasan, no run, flighted on off, Mehidy plunges forward and ekes out an inside edge onto pad, the ball drops near his leg
19.2
Harmer to Liton Das, 1 run, short and angled across, Liton chops it into the vacant cover region and is content with a single
19.1
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, fraction short and turning in, Liton is right back to block it down
17.6
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, drifted across and turns in, Liton inside halves the forward block to short leg
17.5
Harmer to Liton Das, FOUR, he's dealing in boundaries at the moment.. This is a lovely shot. Shimmies down the wicket, gets to the pitch of the flighted delivery and lofts it with the spin over mid-wicket
17.4
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, flighted on off, Liton moves forward and defends close to the body
17.3
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, leg-lined delivery and Liton tucks it straight to backward square leg
17.2
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, in the air and just short. Drifting across and the ball dips on the batter, Liton is drawn into the flick and he chips it towards mid-wicket, Bavuma flies forward but the ball lands just in front of him
17.1
Harmer to Mehidy Hasan, 1 run, flighted around off, Mehidy sweeps along the ground to deep square leg
15.6
Harmer to Mehidy Hasan, no run, turning in from a shortish length, Mehidy makes room to play the cut and is cramped, stabs it into the off-side
15.5
Harmer to Mehidy Hasan, no run, tossed up around off, Mehidy lunges forward and defends with the bat and pad glued together
15.4
Harmer to Liton Das, 1 run, very full delivery and Liton flicks it through mid-wicket, Williams tidies up in the deep
15.3
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, shortens the length and Liton turns it with soft hands to short leg
15.2
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, drifting away from the right hander, Liton covers the line and shoulders arms
15.1
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, angles it across and turns in, Liton blocks it late and close to his body
13.6
Harmer to Yasir Ali, out Caught by Williams!! This is just inexplicable. They are competing with each other as to who gets out playing the worst shot. Yasir Ali is leading that race at the moment. It needed something to beat Mominul's recklessness and Yasir Ali has come up with one. Flighted delivery and he goes for the I0$, yes a slog sweep when the team is five down, skies it straight up and picks out the only fielder on the leg-side boundary - deep mid-wicket, Williams barely had to move to take that. Yasir Ali c Williams b Harmer 0(4)
13.5
Harmer to Yasir Ali, no run, turn and bounce, Yasir does well not to go following the ball, gets struck on the thigh pad and the ball lobs to short leg
13.4
Harmer to Yasir Ali, no run, spinning into the right hander, Yasir lifts his bat up and allows the ball to deflect off the pad to leg slip
13.3
Harmer to Liton Das, 1 run, overpitches the flighted delivery and Liton eases the drive past a diving Harmer, just a single as long-on tidies up
13.2
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, fuller in length and Liton defends it off the frontfoot
13.1
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, sharp turn from a shortish length, Liton is cramped and he dabs it into the off-side
11.6
Harmer to Liton Das, FOUR, that's better. Liton comes down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and lofts it straight back over Harmer, couple of bounces and into the fence. He didn't premeditated there..
11.5
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, tossed up on off, Liton reaches forward and mabages to keep it out
11.4
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, leg-lined delivery and Liton misses the glance, struck on the pad but outside leg
11.3
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, just wide of short leg's grasp. Liton prods forward to defend and ekes out an inside edge, the ball deflects off the pad to the right of short leg and the fielder cannot get there with a dive
11.2
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, short and spinning in, Liton shapes to play the cut and is cramped, chops it into the off-side
11.1
Harmer to Liton Das, no run, whoa! Liton runs down the wicket and swings across the line, luckily for him the ball hits the back thigh and rolls into the off-side. What was that? He might be thinking attack is the best form of defence
9.6
Harmer to Mominul, no run, tossed up on off, Mominul leans forward and gently turns it to the on-side
9.5
Harmer to Mushfiqur, 1 run, uhhh! Another close shave for Rahim. This time the ball lobs over the leg slip fielder. Flighted around off, Rahim prods forward to defend and ekes out an inside edge, the ball hits the pad and pops over Petersen
9.4
Harmer to Mushfiqur, no run, in the air and safe. Spins in a long way from a shortish length, Rahim was shaping to play the cut but gets cramped by the turn, the ball hits him on the glove and lobs wide of short leg
9.3
Harmer to Mushfiqur, no run, South Africa lose a review. Erasmus and Rahim got it spot on. But this was a top delivery. Drifted across and spins in sharply, Rahim is caught in the crease and beaten on the inside edge, the ball strikes him right in front of the stumps but on the thigh pad, ball-tracking shows it to be going over comfortably
9.2
Harmer to Mushfiqur, byes, FOUR, starts from round the wicket, drifts it across and spins it down leg, Rahim does not get anything on the glance and the ball runs away fine, right between keeper and leg slip
9.1
Harmer to Tamim, out Caught by Mulder!! Harmer has his first. This is a big wicket just before stumps. Bangladesh have lost their top three and are in serious trouble. In fact, it is stumps on day three. This delivery drifts in and spins away, but it is the extra bounce that defeated Tamim, he was pressing forward to defend but the ball hits him on the glove and lobs to second slip, Mulder completes the dolly. Tamim c Mulder b Harmer 13(22) [4s-2]
7.6
Harmer to Tamim, no run, spinning away outside off, Tamim covers the line and shoulders arms
7.5
Harmer to Tamim, no run, fuller and around off, Tamim eases the forward push to short cover
7.4
Harmer to Tamim, no run, tossed up close to off, Tamim blocks it off the shoulder of the bat and the ball rolls to backward point
7.3
Harmer to Tamim, no run, flighted around off, Tamim prods forward and defends it solidly
7.2
Harmer to Tamim, no run, quicker and at the stumps, Tamim stays right back and keeps it out
7.1
Harmer to Tamim, 2 runs, aerial and just past short cover. Harmer loops it up outside off and Tamim takes it on, goes for the drive and is in no control, hits it uppishly but to the right of the fielder and Williams from long-off tidies up
5.6
Harmer to Tamim, no run, ufff! Drifts in and straightens, Tamim closes the bat face to work it into the leg-side and the leading edge escapes past second slip
5.5
Harmer to Tamim, FOUR, width on offer and no half measures from Tamim, he drives it in front of square and beats a diving Bavuma near extra cover
5.4
Harmer to Tamim, no run, quicker and sliding on, Tamim cuts and picks out backward point
5.3
Harmer to Tamim, no run, flatter delivery on off, Tamim goes back and defends it down the pitch
5.2
Harmer to Tamim, no run, tossed up on off, Tamim prods forward and keeps it out into the off-side
5.1
Harmer to Tamim, no run, sharp turn. Drifts and spins past the outside edge, all you can do as a batter is hope it does not take the edge
3.6
Harmer to Mominul, no run, flighted outside off, Mominul drives and it goes off the outer half to backward point
3.5
Harmer to Mominul, no run, drifting into the left hander, Mominul gently turns it past short leg
3.4
Harmer to Mominul, no run, floated up outside off, Mominul drives and picks out extra cover
3.3
Harmer to Mominul, no run, very full delivery around off, Mominul angles it to backward point
3.2
Harmer to Mominul, no run, flighted close to off, Mominul plays down the wrong line and is beaten on the outside edge, he plays for the drift but the ball spins away
3.1
Harmer to Mominul, no run, tossed up around off, Mominul drives uppishly but well short of the mid-off
1.6
Harmer to Shanto, 2 runs, sliding on with the arm and Shanto flicks it in front of square on the leg-side, two added
1.5
Harmer to Shanto, no run, slower and close to off, Shanto plunges forward and keeps it out
1.4
Harmer to Shanto, byes, 2 runs, turn and bounce, Shanto is pressing forward to defend but the ball spins past his outside edge, Verreynne is deceived by the bounce and only gets a glove to it
1.3
Harmer to Shanto, no run, spinning away outside off, Shanto lifts his bat and lets it go
1.2
Harmer to Shanto, no run, flighted around off, Shanto leans forward and blocks it to the off-side
1.1
Harmer to Shanto, no run, drifting in from round the wicket, Shanto defends with a straight bat to the left of Harmer
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