‘Can’t spell Bangladesh without a bang’

Bangladesh women's cricket team will take on hosts South Africa in the first of the three-match T20I series, part of the ICC Women's Championship, at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni today.

Nigar Sultana and Co are coming from a 2-1 win over Pakistan at home recently and have made a couple of changes, with uncapped Lata Mondol and Shorifa Khatun getting an opportunity in the side.

The second and third T20Is are scheduled for December 6 and 8 respectively in Kimberly.

The Tigresses will also play in a practice match against South Africa Women's XI on December 12 in Bloemfontein before the first of the three-match ODI series begins in in East London on December 16.

The second ODI is scheduled for December 20 at Potchefstroom before the teams travel to Benoni for the third and final game of the tour on December 23.

Bangladesh are all out for 141 with nine balls to spare. South Africa win the maych by 83 runs to clinch the series 2-0. Soumya Sarkar top-scored with a 27-ball 44. Rest of the batting lineup made little impact on the match.

Duminy and Phangiso picked up two wickets each for the Proteas.

Earlier a fanatstic batting display from David Miller on his way to a 35-ball ton saw South Africa put up 224 runs on the board.  Shakib Al Hasan was the pick of the Tigers bowlers with two wickets for just 22 runs.

18.3, Ban 141 all out - Saifuddin hits straight to point. Out!

Mohammad Saifuddin c Amla b Hendricks 23 (26b 1x4 1x6) SR: 88.46

17.5, Ban 137/9 - Taskin is run out.

Taskin Ahmed run out 4 (3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 133.33

Saifuddin and Mehedi provided some lusty hits before Mehedi fell in the 18th over to Phehlukwayo.

17.2, Ban 130/8 - Mehedi gets a top edge and the wicket-keeper runs to the off side and takes an easy catch.

Mehedi Hasan Miraz c Mosehle b Phehlukwayo 13 (10b 0x4 1x6) SR: 130.00

12.4, Ban 98/7 - Mahmudullah falls prey Phangiso as he charged down the wicket. Stumped!

Liton Das c Frylinck b Pretorius 9 (7b 0x4 1x6) SR: 128.57

11.2, Ban 93/6 - Liton hits a six off Pretorius with a stand and deliver pull shot before top edging the next ball behind square. Out!

Liton Das c Frylinck b Pretorius 9 (7b 0x4 1x6) SR: 128.57

Mahmudullah swept the first ball from Phangiso for four.Ten runs come of the 11th over.

End of over 10, Ban 77/5

8.6, Ban 72/5 - Soumya is holed out at deep mid-wicket. Out!

Soumya Sarkar c Hendricks b Phangiso 44 (27b 6x4 1x6) SR: 162.96

Soumya is going strong at the other end as he hit two fours of the first two balls from Pretorius in the seventh over of the innings. Soumya has reached 31 runs and Mahmudullah Riyad is at the other end. Soumya then latched onto the fifth delivery and hit it for four through square leg. After seven overs Bangladesh are 60 for four.

5.2, Ban 37/4 - Sabbir Rahman hands the easiest of catches to mid off! They are four down in the Powerplay.

Sabbir Rahman c Hendricks b Duminy 5 (5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

End of over 5, Ban 33/3

4.2, Ban 32/3 - Mushfiqur tries the scoop but only manages to get it into the hands of the skipper.

Mushfiqur Rahim c †Mosehle b Frylinck 2 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.00

3.2, Ban 29/2 - Shakib tries to slog Duminy and plays across the line but misses the length completely. Out bowled!

Shakib Al Hasan b Duminy 2 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

2.3, Ban 27/1 - Soumya flicks Frylinck for four.

1.6, Ban 21/1 - Imrul Kayes is run out! Good clean throw from AB De Villiers and wicket-keeper does the rest.

Imrul Kayes run out 6 (4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 150.00

1.1, Ban 17/0 - Dropped! Soumya tries to hog the ball over mid-wicket but only manages to pick out Robbie Frylinck who drops a sitter.

Soumya starts with a bang as he smashes two fours and a huge six in the first over off Beuran Hendricks. Bangladesh needed a flying start and Soumya provided it in the first over.

Bangladesh innings starts as Soumya and Imrul Kayes are out in the middle.

End of over 20, End of innings, SA 224/4

Miller struck two more boundaries off Rubel then he takes two off two consecutive deliveries. That brought up Miller's 100. A 35-ball ton. Ashtonishing.

Miller is taking apart the Bangladesh bowlers. Five huge sixes by the left hander off the first five balls from  Saifuddin in the 19th over. 31 runs came off the 19th over. South Africa are 209/4.

17.3, SA 171/4 - Miller strikes fifty with a four. 23-ball 50.

16.3, SA 157/4 - Amla tries to hit Saifuddin out of the park but is caught at deep mid-wicket. Out!

HM Amla c Soumya Sarkar b Mohammad Saifuddin 85 (51b 11x4 1x6) SR: 166.66

Miller turned on the heat as he smashed Rubel's fifth delivery straight over the bowlers head for six. South Africa reached 150 plus with that six. Rubel conceeded 23 runs in the 16th over. Two fours and two Sixes in that over.

End of over 15, SA 133/3

Miller took apart Mahmudullah Riyad in the 15th over. A huge six resuluted in nine runs off the 15th over.

Miller is settling in well as he dispatched Mehedi off his pads for two runs before lofting the next delivery towards deep mid-wicket for four. Mehedi went for 16 runs in the 14th over as Amla also paddled a delivery down the leg-side for four.

Taskin went for 11 runs in the 13th over as South Africa reach 100 plus runs.

After 12 overs South Africa are 95 for three wickets. Amla struck a four off the last ball of the 12th over.

Rubel conceeded only five runs from the 11th over of the South Africa innings. Some decent stuff from Bangladesh.

10.2, SA 79/3 - Dropped! Mushfiqur Rahim dives to his right as Miller gets and edge down his leg side. Difficult chance but a definite let-off for the batsman.

10.1, SA 79/3 - Amla completes his half-century with a single.

End of over 10 , 78/3

Mohammed Saifuddin bowled the tenth over and he gets the breakthrough as he removes De Villiers.

9.5, SA 78/3 - De Villiers goes for the big one but is holed out at deep mid off as Imrul Kayes takes an excellent catch.

AB de Villiers c Imrul Kayes b Mohammad Saifuddin 20 (15b 1x4 1x6) SR: 133.33

Amla and De villiers are looking really good out there as they both improvise really well in this kind of surfaces. Amla dispatched the last ball of the ninth over from Rubel sqaure of the wicket for four. The Porteas duo really pick their spot. Eight runs came off Rubel's over.

Amla hit Mehedi straight down the ground for four of the first delivery of the eighth over to bring up the 50 for South Africa. De Villiers got the strike and proceeded to hit a huge six off the third ball before helping a bad full toss through cover for four off the next delivery. South Africa are 65 for two after eight overs.

AB De Villiers came in to join Amla at the crease. Shakib Al Hasan bowls out his four overs on the trot as the seventh over ends. Shakib finished with figures of 22/2 from four overs.

End of over 5, SA 37/2

4.6, SA 37/2 - Duminy misreads Shakib's line and tries to sweep him but Shakib's delivery strikes the leg stump. Another one for SHakib. Out

JP Duminy b Shakib Al Hasan 4 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

Mahmudullah Riyad misfields and ball goes through his legs for four off Shakib's delivery. JP Duminy tried a lofted shot and Liton almost caught it at long off with a brilliant dive.

Mehedi Hasan came into the attack to bowl the fourth over and he caused some discomfort to Amla who tried to play across the line but managed a thickish edge. Five runs came of that Mehedi over.

2.3, SA 23/1 - Shakib makes the breakthrough as Mangaliso is gone. Out bowled!

M Mosehle b Shakib Al Hasan 5 (5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

Amla shuffles across the stump off Taskin and the right-arm fast bowler did not manage to adjust his line as Amla  flicked him away for four throuh mid on. Amla proceeded to hit a massive six off the last ball of the over as he picked up Taskin's length.

Hashim Amla and Mangaliso Mosehle have come out to open the innings for the Proteas. Shakib Al Hasan bowls the first over. In the third ball of the over Amla came down the track and took a chance as ball went in the air but just wide of the man at mid on for four. Mangaliso then smashed the last ball over cover for four. Nine runs from the first over

Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to field first in the second T20 against South Africa at Potchefstroom.

Liton Das gets into the side in place of Shafiul Islam. Mangaliso Mosehle comes into the Proteas squad in place of Quinton De Kock. Dane Paterson has been dropped for Dwaine Pretorius.

The forecast is for dry weather at Potchefstroom. It's supposed to be a belter of a wicket to bat on.

Bangladesh were defeated by just 20 runs in the first T20. A quickfire 47 off 31 balls from Soumya Sarkar saw Bangladesh pike up 92 runs inside the first nine overs as the Tigers chased 196 for victory. Bangladesh lost their way after losing some quick wickets since the tenth over.

South Africa XI : Mangaliso Mosehle, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy (capt), David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Andile Phehlukwayo, Robbie Frylinck, Dwaine Pretorius, Beuran Hendricks, Aaron Phangiso

Bangladesh XI : Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Mahmudullah, Mehedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Liton Das, Rubel Hossain.

Lungi Ngidi says South Africa will be looking to blast Bangladesh off the park with pace at the Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday, targeting the top order in particular to "cut the head off the snake".

The Proteas lost a home one-day international series to Bangladesh in March and Ngidi, a key member of South Africa's pace unit, said he and his team mates had learned some lessons from that reverse.

"Their batsmen came out pretty aggressively against us, so we're very cognisant of that fact so we'll definitely be targeting their top order," he told reporters at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday.

"As the bowling unit, we're definitely looking cut the head off the snake, take out their top order and restrict them to as low a total as possible.

"They outplayed us (in March), it's that simple. But tomorrow, it's a new day and we shall see what happens."

South Africa can ill-afford any slip-ups at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday after their first Group 2 match against Zimbabwe was abandoned because of rain, leaving both sides with a single point.

Ngidi, who took 2-20 in what play was possible in Hobart, said that while the rain-disruption had been a setback it could have been worse.

"Everyone's talking about it in a negative sense, but there was a chance we might not get out on the field," he added.

"It's one point more than we had at this stage in the last tournament. From here on in, we have to win all of our games, it's as simple as that."

Unfortunately, rain is also forecast for the Sydney area on Thursday.

"You control what you can," said Ngidi. "We've just got a bit of bad luck, to be honest. We'll just get here and be ready to play."

Bangladesh women's cricket team added another triumph in what has been an eventful year for them when they defeated South Africa in the first Twenty20 of the three-match series in Benoni on Sunday.

But captain Nigar Sultana, who had led the team in white-ball series wins at home against Pakistan, a bronze medal in the Asian Games and a drawn ODI series against India at home earlier this year, was far from satisfied with her team as she is still focused on areas of improvement.

"We need to play better in the next matches. It's not like we have played really well in this game. We have made many mistakes. We have to fix those mistakes, only then can we do even better," the captain said at the post-match press conference on Sunday.

The wicketkeeper-batter was particularly unhappy with the number of dot balls her team played during batting, which kept them from putting up an even bigger total on the board.

"We lacked in some departments -- we played around 40 (55) dots in our batting. We need to reduce that, the bowlers need to make less mistakes and express themselves even better," said Nigar.

The Bangladesh captain had an excellent match as a batter and in leading the side. With the bat, she scored an unbeaten 21-ball 34 which helped the team set up a 150-run target. She also expertly handled her bowling options after following the injury to pacer Marufa Akter, who could only bowl two overs. Her gamble on 16-year-old Shorna Akter also paid dividends as the leg-spinner claimed 5-28 and took the team to a 13-run win.

Bangladesh, although, had the advantage of facing a South Africa side which was without most of their frontline bowlers due to injury and star batter Marizanne Kapp, who missed the match for her stint in the Women's Big Bash.

But Nigar and Co did well to capitalise on the hosts' weaknesses in the first match and have a chance to clinch a maiden series win over the opponents in any format in the next two matches on December 6 and 8.