CRICKET:A HALF-CENTURY by AB de Villiers guided South Africa to a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second one-day international to clinch the series 2-0.
De Villiers (69 not out) and Jean-Paul Duminy (49 not out) slowly and patiently reached the target of 174 after the Proteas had looked in trouble following a poor start in which Herschelle Gibbs and Hashim Amla were out cheaply.
Having been set a relatively meagre target, South Africa ended up labouring to victory in the 49th over after being largely restricted by the Bangladesh attack.
In contrast to their batsmen, who again proved fallible in the face of the tourists' bowlers, Abdur Razzak and Mosharraf Hossain in particular troubled the Proteas with their accuracy and pace.
They restricted their opponents to just one boundary in the first six overs, during which Gibbs was trapped lbw by Mashrafe Mortaza for three runs. With one run required in the penultimate over, De Villiers launched Tamim Iqbal back over his head for a huge six.
SECOND ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL, at Dhaka: Bangladesh 173 (Raqibul Hasan 63, Shakib Al Hasan 52, A Nel 4-27) v South Africa 179-3 (A B de Villiers 70 no). South Africa beat Bangladesh by 7 wkts.
