Gets to the pitch of it and lofts it over the long on fence for a biggie. Bangladesh vs South Africa Live Score: FOUR! The reverse sweep comes out! On off. This is hit past point and it races away to the fence.

South Africa beat Bangladesh by seven wickets and moved to fourth in the 2023-25 WTC standing. Kyle Verreynne won the Player of the Match award for his hundred in the first innings.

South Africa's Wiaan Mulder (R) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Bangladesh's Taijul Islam (2L) during the fourth day of the first Test cricket match between Bangladesh and South Africa at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on October 24, 2024. —AFP photo

Mehidy Hasan Miraz struck an unbeaten 87 as Bangladesh finished a shortened third day of the first test on 283 for seven wickets in 85 overs in their second innings, an overall lead of 81.

Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada claimed six wickets for 46 runs to help South Africa secure a seven-wicket victory against Bangladesh in the first cricket Test; second and last match of the series takes pla

South Africa cruised to a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first Test on Thursday with fast bowler Kagiso Rabada the star of the show in Mirpur.

South Africa has defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets at Dhaka to inject more intrigue in the ICC World Test Championship Points Table.

South Africa have improved to fourth spot on the ICC World Test Championship standings following their impressive win over Bangladesh in the first Test in Mirpur. The Proteas improved their point-percentage to 47.62 with the victory, which helped them jump over New Zealand and England and take fourth place on the standings.

A hard-fought century from wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne on Tuesday helped South Africa bat themselves into a strong position on the second day of the first test against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

Right then, that is it from a thrilling Day 1 of this first Test. South Africa are slightly ahead in this game but Bangladesh have done well to not let them get away with it. Day 2 promises to be another exciting one with these two sides battling hard and we could even get a clear picture of where this game is heading by the end of it.