Bangladesh women concede loss after batting collapse

A severe batting debacle saw Bangladesh women start their tour of South Africa on a losing note as the visiting team suffered a 106-run loss against the home side at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom Friday. The Bangladesh women made a confident start to the tour with a dominating win in the lone warm-up game against North West side Wednesday. However, in the first of five ODIs, the Bangladesh batters failed to make an impact. Chasing 271, Bangladesh were all out for 164 in 49.3 overs as only three batters reached double figure. No 3 batter Fargana Haque had come into the game scoring an unbeaten century in the practice match and the right-hander was the only one who put on a fight against the South Africans with her undefeated 69.

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Opener Sanjida Islam added 35 to the tally while No 11 batter Panna Ghosh added 23. The other eight batters added a combined 18 to the board. Leg-spinner Dane van Niekerk topped the home side’s bowling attack with three scalps, dismissing Sanjida, captain Rumana Ahmed (three) and middle-order batter Nigar Sultana (six). Earlier, South Africa, batting first, posted 270 losing nine wickets in their stipulated 50 overs, riding on two half-centuries – No 6 batter Chloe Tryon (65) and opener Lizelle Lee (54). Seamer Jahanara Alam, left-arm spinner Nahida Akter and leggie Fahima Khatun picked up two wickets each for Bangladesh. The two teams will face off against each other in the second ODI Sunday at the same venue.1ST ODIBangladesh 164 in 49.3 overs (Fargana 69*, Van Niekerk 3/23) lost to South Africa 270/9 (Tryon 65, Nahida 2/22) by 106 runs