By IANS
Cape Town : Knowing that they had already booked a berth in the next round, Bangladesh tried to play careless cricket and lost by seven wickets to a far superior South Africa in a Twenty20 World Championship tie here Friday.
The result of his inconsequential Group A match at Newlands had no impact on the two advancing teams’ standing in this pool. South Africa finished atop with four points from two wins and advanced to the Super Eights and Bangladesh two from the win over the West Indies, who have crashed out.
South Africa, who won the toss, bowled out Bangladesh for 144 in 19.3 overs, with Aftab Ahmed being the top scorer with 36 (14 balls, 5x4s, 2x6s).
Most of the Bangladeshi batsmen played poor, careless shots to succumb easily to a professional opponent. Veteran pacer Shaun Pollock took three wickets.
In reply, captain Graeme Smith (34 balls, 6x4s) and Albie Morkel (29 balls, 3x4s, 2x6s) scored an identical 41 and Jean-Paul Duminy made 36 (28 balls, 4x4s, 1×6) helped South Africa home with seven balls to spare. Final total: 146 for three in 18.5 overs.
But it was South African pacer Morne Morkel who was adjudged the Man-of-the-Match for his accurate bowling. He finished with 40-0-21-2.
SCOREBOARD
South Africa vs. Bangladesh, Twenty20 World Championship, at Newlands, Cape Town
Bangladesh:
Tamim Iqbal c Smith b Pollock 8
Nazimuddin lbw b Ntini 0
Aftab Ahmed b Morkel 36
Mohammad Ashraful c Smith b Pollock 10
Shakib-Al-Hasan run out (Duminy) 19
Alok Kapali c de Villiers b M. Morkel 14
Mashrafe Mortaza c Duminy b Philander 12
Farhad Reza c Kemp b Philander 19
Mushfiqur Rahim c Pollock b van der Wath 4
Abdur Razzak not out 2
Syed Rasel b Pollock 6
Extras: (lb 10, w 3, nb 1) 14
Total: (all out in 19.3 overs) 144
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Nazimuddin, 1.1 overs), 2-24 (Tamim, 2.1), 3-34 (Ashraful, 2.4), 4-58 (Aftab, 4.2), 5-77 (Shakib, 7.2), 6-101 (Mortaza, 10.4), 7-119 (Kapali, 15.3), 8-131 (Reza, 17.2), 9-134 (Rahim, 18.3)
Bowling:
Shaun Pollock 3.3 0 40 3
Makhaya Ntini 2 0 31 1
Morne Morkel 4 0 21 2 (1nb, 1w)
Johan van der Wath 4 0 13 1 (1w)
Vernon Philander 4 0 23 2
Albie Morkel 2 0 6 0 (1w)
South Africa:
Graeme Smith c Rahim b Shakib 41
Jean-Paul Duminy lbw b Razzak 36
Albie Morkel c Reza b Razzak 41
A.B. de Villiers not out 14
Justin Kemp not out 12
Extras: (lb 1, w 1) 2
Total: (for three wickets in 18.5 overs) 146
Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Duminy, 8.4 overs), 2-108 (Smith, 13.4), 3-123 (J.P. Morkel, 16.1)
Bowling:
Mashrafe Mortaza 3.5 0 33 0
Syed Rasel 4 0 28 0
Abdur Razzak 4 0 26 2
Mohammad Ashraful 2 0 17 0 (1w)
Shakib Al Hasan 4 0 28 1
Farhad Reza 1 0 13 0
Result: South Africa won by seven wickets
Toss: South Africa (chose to bowl)
Points: South Africa 2, Bangladesh 0
Man of the Match: Morne Morkel (South Africa)
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and Tony Hill (New Zealand)
TV umpire: Ian Howell (South Africa)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)