Stumps Bangladesh 106 and 101 for 3 (Mahmood 38*, Mushfiq 31*, Rabada 2-10) South Africa 308 (Vereen 114, Mulder 54, Taijul 5-122, Mehmood 3-66, Mahidi 2-63) by 101 runs
Seven balls after the light meter was brought out for the first time on the second day, the umpires pulled the plug on the day’s play due to poor lighting. If it was somewhat sudden, the third umpire’s decision that took time to come added to the drama of what turned out to be the final delivery of the day.
Shadman Islam and Momin-ul-Haq fell to single-digit scores inside the first four overs for the second time in as many days, as Rabada produced plenty of pace and bounce with the new ball. His wickets came on a long ball. In the third over, he got a pinch to Shadman, who went inside to short leg, where Tony De Zorzi took a quick catch to his left. Three balls later, Mominol defended but got an outside edge at third slip, where Mulder went down to catch a dipping ball.
Mahmudul and Shantu added 55 to rebuild briefly, before Keshav Maharaj trapped Shantu in front. Maharaj got a full delivery to come in from outside off, and Shantu, who had opened his stance to defend, was hit on the back leg, which was being dragged outside off.
Mushfiqur then made 31 off 26 balls and an unbeaten stand of 42 with Mahmudul ensured no further damage was done, although Bangladesh were still 101 runs behind South Africa.
Tejul then poked Mulder, only for the outside edge to slip away. This had as much to do with Mulder’s soft-handed playing as the laziness of the surface. Mulder and Verreynne adjusted the pitch, and worked comfortably against the spin of Tejul and Naeem.
Both batsmen used sweeps and reverse sweeps, yet Naeem turned the ball admirably on this occasion. It was down to him to step up to the delivery pitch and play his shots with confidence. He played 38 sweeps – or reverse sweeps – against spin on the second morning, and scored 59 runs that included seven fours and a six.
Bangladesh posted a man closely at square leg to prevent the batsmen from getting easy runs from clean sweeps, and yet Vereen completed his half-century when he drilled a man there. Mulder then completed his half-century at the start of the 64th over, when he cut Naeem behind for four.
Shanto brought Mehmood back into the attack, and he landed a series of blows. First, he pitched outside off on back-off length, the ball holding its line. Mulder goes for a punch, but goes for a wide slip. Next ball, Mahmood flipped the ball into Maharaj in a very rich fashion and beat his defense to pull off the off-stump.
But Pedt, who was next in line, not only denied Mahmood a hat-trick, but also angered Bangladesh.
Himanshu Agarwal is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo.