St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth is the venue for the second and final test match between South Africa and Bangladesh, the game gets under way on Friday and the Proteas are on the verge of a series win.
After Bangladesh caused a surprise in winning the ODI series South Africa bounced back to win the first test at Durban by 220 runs.
After losing the toss and being invited to bat first the Proteas posted 367 in their first innings with the major contributions coming from Bavuma (93) and Elgar (67) and Khaled Ahmed claimed 4 wickets.
In reply Bangladesh made 298 with opening bat Mahmudul Hasan Joy top scoring with 137 and Litton Das made 41. Harmer took 4 wickets and Williams 3.
Looking for quicker runs the Proteas were bowled out for 204 in their second innings with Elgar top scoring with 64 and Bangladesh collapsed at the end of Day 4 and the morning of Day 5, bowled out for just 53. Spinners Maharaj (7 wickets) and Harmer (3) were the only bowlers used in the final innings and Maharaj was named Man of the Match.
A reminder that all of Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen, Anrich Nortje, Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram are absent for the Proteas as they are playing in the IPL and this was how the teams lined up at Kingsmead.
South Africa: Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Keegan Petersen, Temba Bavuma, Ryan Rickelton, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Simon Harmer, Lizaad Williams, Duanne Olivier
Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Mominul Haque (c), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das (wk), Yasir Ali, Mehidy Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain
Recent Form
South Africa
South Africa were in New Zealand in February and after being thrashed by an innings and 276 runs in the first test they showed great character to claim a draw with a 198 run victory in the second test.
The Proteas hosted India in a 3 match series over Christmas and New Year and although they lost the first test by 113 runs they fought back for a series win, winning the second match by 7 wickets and the decider by the same margin.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh were in New Zealand at the turn of the year. They sprang a surprise to win the first test by 8 wickets but lost the second by an innings and 117 runs and the series ended 1-1.
Towards the end of 2021 they were beaten 2-0 at home by Pakistan, losing the first test by 8 wickets and the second by an innings and 8 runs.
Recent Head to Head
Overall 13 test matches between these teams have delivered 11 wins for the Proteas and 2 draws.
The most recent series came in South Africa in 2017 and the Proteas were 2-0 winners, taking the first test by 333 runs and the second by an innings and 254 runs.
St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
Over the course of the last decade South Africa have won 5, drawn 1 and lost 2 of 8 test matches in PE.
The two most recent test matches at this venue both ended in defeat for the Proteas, to Sri Lanka (8 wickets) in Feb 2019 and to England (innings and 53 runs) in
January 2020.
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The Betting - 2nd Test Match
At the time of writing South Africa were 8/10 to win the match with the draw at 31/20 and Bangladesh 13/2
Dean Elgar is trading at around 5/2 to top score for South Africa in the first innings, Temba Bavuma is 11/4.
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict
Dean Elgar ensured a profit for me in the first test with his 50 in the first innings. His price was 7/4 in the first test but is now 11/10 so this time I will speculate that
he can convert a 50 to a ton.
I can't find much else but will include Litton Das to beat his first innings runs quote of 23.5
Bets: To score a 100 in the 1st Innings, Dean Elgar? (yes) at 9/2
1st Innings Player Total Runs, Litton Das over 23.5 at even money
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Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
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