Boland Park is perhaps SA’s prettiest cricket ground and it was rendered lovelier still while AB de Villiers painted a picture here on Wednesday. At least, De Villiers’s 176, his career-best performance in a one-day international, was a pretty picture for SA’s fans. Not so the sizable contingent of Bangladeshi supporters, who saw a fine innings — but an innings that condemned their team to defeat by 104 runs. SA, who were put into bat for the third time in the four matches Bangladesh have played on tour, totalled 353/6; a record for this ground. The visitors, bolstered by Imrul Kayes’s 68 and Mushfiqur Rahim’s 60, made it to 249 before they were dismissed in 47.5 overs. Andile Phehlukwayo took a career best 4/40 and Imran Tahir claimed 3/50. Not that Kayes or Mushfiqur, or many others anywhere in the game, would have been able to match De Villiers for dash, dare and dazzle. That his opponents were the willing but wanting Bangladeshis aided and abetted his dominance, but any attack w...
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