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Hearing Bangladesh is launching a formal complaint because they weren't happy with the umpiring or the umpires stopping South Africa from sledging. Talk about being sore losers and crybabies...
And all this is made worse by the fact that they were embarrassed for 53.
The complaint is laughable.
Umpires can't do much if they get bowled out for 53.
Honestly can't remember the last time or any time a team complained to the match referee that the opposition wasn't saying nice things about them.
Even I can't find positives in this debacle.
BD missed a big chance here, should have fought more, if they are going down, don’t go down to spin like that with you being an asian side
I agree.
It was surprising that they couldn't handle South African spinners.
An opportunity missed definitely.
So, 2nd Test tomorrow.
South Africa should win it. They have the momentum.
South Africa Test captain Dean Elgar defended his team after they were accused of going over the board with sledging the Bangladesh players during the first Test in Durban. Bangladesh cricket operations chief Jalal Yunus had said that they are set to lodge an official complaint against the umpiring and the “deplorable sledging” that the Bangladesh players were subjected to in the first Test. Speaking ahead of the second Test match at St George's Park on Friday, Elgar said South Africa play the game "hard" but none of the players crossed the line.
"I don't think they are justified whatsoever," said Elgar. "We play the game hard (but) if anything we were just giving back what we were getting when we were batting.
"This is Test cricket. It's a man's environment when it comes to playing at this level and I intend still to play the game hard.
Elgar said the Bangladesh batters need to "harden up" and prepare for tough battles in Test cricket.
"We don't swear or use foul language towards the Bangladesh batsmen because we still respect them. I think they need to harden up and maybe play the game at a level they're not used to," said Elgar.
The South African captain said the message to his players was: "We do everything with dignity and we don't throw our badge or our name away.
"I honestly didn't see any bad sledging out there, even from their side. I just think this is Test cricket and we need to dry our eyes sometimes."
The umpiring in Durban was in the spotlight with an unusually high number of 21 reviews - 11 by Bangladesh and 10 by South Africa - with four reviews upheld for each team.
South Africans Marais Erasmus and Adrian Holdstock were the men in charge under the ICC's coronavirus restrictions, leading the Bangladeshis to call for neutral umpires.
"The umpiring was tough," said Elgar. "I don't think the wicket helped. There was variable bounce which can challenge the umpires.
"I feel for them because they are good umpires. The human factor needs to be spoken of, they do make errors, as do the players, but I'm pretty sure they're going to learn a lot out of that.
"The umpires make decisions and we need to respect that. The technology is there for a reason. If you don't use the technology you're kind of holding yourself accountable for their decisions as well."
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...-to-harden-up-dean-elgar-101649389210622.html
Everytime Bangladesh start playing good brand of cricket and score a good victory, something like this happens. They just can't keep their emotions in check which makes it pretty hard to support them.
South Africa will be looking to wrap up the series when they face a depleted Bangladesh team at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth.
Overview
South Africa v Bangladesh
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
8-12 April, 10:00 AM local time
After losing the ODI series to Bangladesh, South Africa bounced back strongly in the first Test with a thumping 220-run win. The batters did their jobs, posting solid totals in both innings, but it was the spinners that turned the game in their favour in both innings.
Simon Harmer ran through the Bangladesh top 4 in the first innings and in the second, Keshav Maharaj was unplayable as the visitors were bowled out for their second-lowest Test total.
South Africa ticked most of their boxes in the first Test and will be hoping to solidify their second spot in the WTC standings with a win in the second Test.
Bangladesh, on the other hand, have a mountain to climb in the second Test. The morale of the team is bound to be down after the first Test and to make things worse, they will be without Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam for the next game. Taskin injured his right shoulder while Shoriful sustained a left ankle ligament injury during training ahead of the Test series.
Bangladesh will need their senior players like captain Mominul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim to step up in the final Test if they are to make a game of it.
Remember the last time
South Africa posted 367 in the first innings of the first Test on the back of fifties from Dean Elgar and Temba Bavuma. Bangladesh had the hosts on the ropes at 245/6 but lower-order contributions propelled South Africa to a good total.
Bangladesh too were struggling at 101 but Mahmudul Hasan Joy's century held the innings together. However, they conceded a 69-run lead going into the second innings.
Elgar scored his second fifty of the match in the innings, helping South Africa to 204.
Chasing 274, the visitors had no answer to the spin of Keshav Maharaj, who returned with figures of 7/32 as Bangladesh succumbed to 53 all out, their second-lowest total in Test history.
What they said
Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque after losing the first Test: "We can certainly bounce back. We played well in four out of the five days. We batted poorly in the last few overs yesterday and on the fifth day. There are enough positives to take from this Test match, to suggest to me that we can bounce back easily in the next game."
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2564876
This is actually funny. Bangladrsh being cry babies. Heard from a reliable source that the South Africans were making fish related jokes towards the Bangladeshis. Dont see it particularly insulting tbh. The Bangladesh players need to toughen up!
BD should have won the test series against a 2nd/3rd SA XI.They could not handle the pressure.