Lonwabo Tsotsobe grabbed 3-14 on his World Cup debut as mighty South Africa sent Bangladesh crashing out of the tournament with a 206-run victory on Saturday. Jacques Kallis made 69 and Faf du Plessis hit a run-a-ball 52 to lift South Africa to 284-8 after Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to take first strike on a slow, sluggish wicket.
Bangladesh, needing a win to qualify for the quarter-finals, were shot out for 78 in reply after Tsotsobe ripped through the top order and left-arm spinner Robin Peterson claimed 4-12 at the end. Skipper Shakib Al Hasan made 30 but none of the other 10 batsmen reached double figures as Bangladesh almost matched their lowest one-day total of 58 against the West Indies earlier in the tournament.
The emphatic win not only cemented South Africa's place as Group B winners with 10 points, but also carried India and England into the quarter-finals with the West Indies set to take the last spot. Bangladesh ended the league with six points, the same as the West Indies, but their run-rate is so poor that even a massive win by India over Darren Sammy's men on Sunday will not help.
Tsotsobe, who was given a chance only because pace spearheads Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel were rested ahead of the bigger matches, seized the opportunity in style. The 27-year-old left-arm seamer silenced a sell-out crowd of 25,000 home fans at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium when he had Bangladesh's main batting hope, Tamim Iqbal, caught behind for five in his second over.
Tsotsobe bowled Imrul Kayes and Shahriar Nafees and off-spinner Johan Botha trapped Junaid Siddique leg-before to dash Bangladesh's hopes. South Africa made a solid start as Smith and Hashim Amla (51) put on 98 for the first wicket by the 21st over.
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Scoreboard South Africa:
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H. Amla b Razzak 51
G. Smith st Rahim b Mahmudullah 45
J. Kallis c and b Shakib 69
JP Duminy c Rahim b Rubel 17
F. du Plessis c Tamim b Rubel 52
M. van Wyk b Shakib 5
J. Botha run out 12
R. Peterson not out 22
W. Parnell b Rubel 0
L. Tsotsobe not out 4
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Extras: (lb3, w4) 7
Total: (for eight wickets, 50 overs) 284
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Did not bat: Imran Tahir.
Fall of wickets: 1-98, 2-107, 3-141, 4-223, 5-245, 6-249, 7-273, 8-280.
Bowling: Shafiul 5-0-44-0 (w1), Rubel 8-0-56-3, Razzak 10-1-47-1 (w1), Naeem 7-0-42-0 (w1), Mahmudullah 10-0-46-1 (w1), Shakib 10-0-46-2.
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Bangladesh:
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Tamim Iqbal c van Wyk b Tsotsobe 5
Imrul Kayes b Tsotsobe 4
Junaid Siddique lbw b Botha 2
Shahriar Nafees b Tsotsobe 5
Mushfiqur Rahim c Smith b Peterson 3
Shakib Al Hasan c van Wyk b Peterson 30
Mohammad Mahmudullah run out 5
Naeem Islam b Peterson 8
Shafiul Islam b Peterson 0
Abdur Razzak c Peterson b Tahir 0
Rubel Hossain not out 8
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Extras: (lb5, w3) 8
Total: (all out, 28 overs) 78
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Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-15, 3-21, 4-21, 5-36, 6-58, 7-61, 8-61, 9-62, 10-78.
Bowling: Botha 7-1-23-1, Tsotsobe 5-2-14-3 (w1), Parnell 4-1-4-0, Peterson 7-3-12-4, Tahir 5-0-20-1 (w2).
South Africa won by 206 runs
Toss: South Africa
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Daryl Harper (AUS)
TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL).
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