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Bangladesh resumed on Saturday at four without loss in its first innings and was skittled out for 102 at the stroke of lunch on day three, 28 runs short of the follow-on target. At stumps, Bangladesh had two wickets in hand and still needed 24 runs to avoid another embarrassing innings defeat. South Africa posted 330 after winning the toss and electing to bat first. South Africa had won the first Test by an innings and 60 runs and should secure a 2-0 sweep on day four. The play was extended by 30 minutes following request from South African captain Graeme Smith, who hoped to wrap up the Test on the third day. The Proteas will now have to take the field on Sunday. Wicketkeeper Mohammad Salim's unbeaten 14-run ninth wicket stand with tail ender Tapash Baishya (8) stalled South Africa's looming win. Salim was unbeaten on 24 in a day when most Bangladesh batsmen made a start, but failed to capitalise. In its second innings, Bangladesh lost openers Javed Omar (27) and Mehrab Hossain (14) and was 66 for two at the tea interval, still needing 162 runs to make South Africa bat again. After the break, Habibul Bashar threw away his wicket after he tried to cut a tossed-up delivery from rookie spinner Robin Peterson and edged to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher. Ashraful (23) became Peterson's second victim — caught by Shaun Pollock at first slip — and the spinner dismissed captain Khaled Mahmud for a duck — his sixth victim of the day. Senior batsman Akram Khan entertained the fans for a while after driving three consecutive boundaries off pacer Makhya Ntini. Ntini got revenge when he had Khan caught by Jacues Rudolph at leg gully in the same over. Khan made 23. Bangladesh launched its second innings solidly until Mehrab Hossain let cover-point fielder Boeta Dippenaar run him out to a superb throw. The dismissal reduced Bangladesh to 46 for one and the second blow came without the addition of a run when spinner Paul Adams — who took a career-best 10 wickets in the first Test — forced Omar to edge to Shaun Pollock in the slips. TV replays indicated Pollock might not have held the catch cleanly even though umpire Steve Bucknor did not refer it to the third umpire. Earlier, Bangladesh started the day poorly when Hossain edged a quicker delivery from Pollock for an easy catch to the new Proteas captain, Graeme Smith. Fellow pace bowler Ntini struck in the next over — Omar (11) caught at first slip by substitute fielder Andrew Hall — as the host lost two wickets with the total at 22. No. 3 batsman Bashar, who hit successive half centuries in the first Test, managed only 14 before he was trapped lbw by Pollock in a close decision by umpire Billy Bowden. Bashar, the only Bangladeshi batsman to score 1,000 Test runs, departed disappointed. With the top-order gone cheaply, Bangladesh's middle-order failed again. Khan should consider himself unlucky after he was given out caught by Boucher off a Ntini delivery. Ashraful, who holds the record of the youngest player to hit a Test century in debut, missed out again. He edged Ntini to a first slip when he was on 15. Captain Mahmud, who hoped to force a draw the rain-hit Test, was the only batsman to defy a disciplined South African bowling attack, remaining unbeaten on 20 in the first innings. Bangladesh hasn't won a Test since gaining full membership of the International Cricket Council in 2000. South Africa is the No. 1-ranked Test nation, although it will surrender the top spot back to Australia if the Australians win the ongoing Test series against the West Indies in the Caribbean.
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