South Africa need seven wickets to win opening test


  • Cricket
  • Monday, 02 Oct 2017

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africa need seven wickets on the last day to secure victory in the first test and go ahead in the two-match series as Bangladesh struggled on a rain-curtailed fourth day at Senwes Park on Sunday.

Morne Morkel snagged two wickets in the first over of Bangladesh's second innings and they were 49 for three at stumps, still 375 runs shy of an improbable victory.

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