South Africa will be looking forward to wrap up the two match series against Bangladesh this to register a 2-0 victory over their Asian rivals. Bangladesh showed their cricketing credentials to put up a fine fight in the first test match and will be hoping to register their first ever victory against a top test playing nation this time around.

The first test match turned out to be a close affair after both the sides struggled under seaming conditions in Dhaka. Bangladesh coming on the back of a desperately disappointing tour of New Zealand stuck to the task at hand from the word go and did an excellent job of rattling the South Africans early on. However, an inspired bowling spell from Kallis in the second match turned things around as Bangladesh fell a good fifty odd runs short of a competitive total. There were a lot of positive for Bangladesh though and the inspiring form of fast bowler Shahadat Hossain will come as big shot in the arm for the struggling Asian side. Hossain picked up six wickets in the South African first innings to bundle the tourists out for a measly 170 and was impressive again in the second innings. The batting though needs to be improved and only Junaid Siddique put up a fight and score more than fifty for the Bangladeshis in the test match. Nevertheless, the performance would have come as an encouraging sign for Coach Dave Whatmore after some rather forgettable outings in New Zealand and the Asian tigers will be hoping to go one step further in this test.

Despite their win, South Africa will be slightly concerned with their batting form against a mediocre Bangladeshi bowling attack. South Africa were shot out for 170 in the first innings and made heavy weather of a small target in the second innings. However, there is no shortage of talent in the South African batting ranks and the likes of Amla, Jacques Kallis and Graeme Smith will be hoping to redeem themselves this time around. The bowling attack came out trumps in both the innings with Morkel and Kallis being the standout performers. The current South African bowling line up is arguably the finest pace battery operating in World Cricket at the moment and it came as no surprise when they rattled the Bangladeshi lineup with searing pace and bounce throughout the match on a dead wicket. South Africa won their last series in the sub continent against Pakistan four months earlier and will be hoping to do the same with a victory in the second test starting on the 29th of February 2008 in Chittagong.

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