Unfulfilled Amla

South Africa skipper Hashim Amla was a disappointed man at the manner in which his side's tour ended yesterday. Not only have the consistent rains compelled the visitors to return home with 'unfulfilled conditions', the top-ranked Test side have also lost five rating points as a result of the the drawn series.

While it was something bound to happen, as per the rules, the champion cricketer though wasn't too impressed.

"It's a difficult one to understand really. You can understand if it's a 1-1 draw where you have played enough cricket to make a true reflection. So perhaps this is something that can be relooked at from the ICC perspective.

"I mean us losing points seems a little strange considering we haven't played a lot of cricket but I am sure that's something the ICC will probably have a look at," said Amla at the post-match press conference in Mirpur yesterday.

When asked if the events that took place during this series was a message to those responsible regarding hosting series during this time of the year in Bangladesh, he said, "I don't know what the weather is like in Bangladesh, but certainly if it's like this then it doesn't kind of fit to be playing cricket, but that's not my decision.

"That's the decision of whoever makes the calls. We played some one-day games and we got those completed. Maybe the one-dayers might be a bit more suitable, I don't know, it's for the guys to judge," he added.

While the rains didn't allow the South Africans to complete the goals that they had for this series, Amla still believed that there were quite a few positives.

"Certainly in the first Test our opening partnership was really good. I know it was just two innings but that's a positive. We saw glimpses of talent from your younger players.

"I was joking with the guys that I think we came on this tour with a purpose and thanking that at least Dale [Steyn] got his 400 wickets.

"Had we batted first then he would have had to wait another three months before getting a chance to get that wicket," quipped Amla.

"So, a few positives here and there. But with so little cricket it's difficult to be so concise," he added.

Amla was also impressed with the way Bangladesh played in this series and believed that the Tigers would soon be able to do well in Tests as well.

"Bangladesh has definitely improved in the last couple of years. Their one-day records have been better than all the other formats. But there's no doubt that a team that improves in ODIs, they are probably naturally going to improve in Test cricket as well.

"I believe they are now off for a few months and they have got Australia coming here. So I think the more Test cricket they play the better for them, no doubt about that. Obviously Australia being a good team, it will be a good series," said Amla.