South Africa restricted Bangladesh to 178 in 49 overs at Chittagong Divisional Stadium on 9 March 2008 in the 3 match ODI Series in Bangladesh. For South Africa, a 3-0 sweep would be enough to take the Proteas back to the top of the ICC one-day rankings.
Tamim Iqbal played a lone hand with a measured 82 but lacked support from the rest of the batting line-up as Bangladesh ended on a disappointing 178 after opting to bat first in Chittagong. Andre Nel and Paul Harris gave little away and shared five wickets between them to give South Africa the upper hand in their bid to go one-up in the three-match series.
After losing the toss, the South African opening bowlers did their best to exploit whatever little juice there was on a pitch which was expected to play slow and low. Andre Nel and Charl Langeveldt bent their backs and got several deliveries to fizz past the left-handers, in particular Junaid Siddique, who for the most part was unsure of his off stump. Junaid was consistently beaten for pace by Langeveldt, and not surprisingly, he was the first to perish, miscuing a pull to Paul Harris at mid-on.
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