Lunch South Africa 243 of 8 (Verreynne 77*, Mulder 54, Taijul 5-93) rule Bangladesh 106 to 137 runs
Bangladesh started the second future with Taijul Islam and Mahmud bowling together. However, the left-arm spinner’s spin could almost be denied, while Verreynne in particular looked confident against Mahmud, pushing him mid-round for 3 in the final second of the future, before cutting back and riding him through barriers in the next two overs.
Later in the 46th minute, Taijul made Mulder push, only for the outside edge to fall. That had as much to do with Mulder playing with comfortable palms as it did with the slowness of the skin. Mulder and Verreynne adapted well to the sound and performed lightly against both Taijul and Nayeem Hasan.
Both batsmen topped the sweep and the other sweep to great effect despite Nayeem bowling the ball considerably from time to time. That was because they stepped forward to listen to the sound of the deliveries and, once ready, hopefully hung the ball. Verreynne and Mulder took the sweep or another sweep of 28 deliveries against Taijul, Nayeem and Mehidy Hasan Miraz in the morning, losing 45 runs, including seven boundaries.
Bangladesh fielded a similar person at square leg to oppose the batsmen who took comfortable singles from the sweep, but Verreynne received a fifty when he drilled one off the person there to reach fifty. Mulder was handed his maiden half-century at the start of the sixty-fourth over, when he clipped Nayeem for four at the back of the level.
It was easier in the previous end that Najmul Hossain Shanto brought Mahmud back into the attack, and in the end right after Mahmud hit back to back. First, he threw in the back of an outside field, while the ball maintained its order. Mulder tried to take the hit but took a big slip in the 54th over. On the next ball, Mahmud went much further, reversing the ball towards Keshav Maharaj and beating his defender to strip it off the off stump.
However, Verreynne remained undefeated in the lunch split, with Refuse. 10 Dane Piedt blocking and pushing his way at the other end.
