Smith rules out another Bangladesh shock
Saturday, 19 March 2011
South African captain Graeme Smith does not expect another shock World Cup loss at Bangladesh's hands when the two sides meet in their last league match Saturday, reports AFP.
The Proteas' lone defeat in 13 one-day internationals against Bangladesh came during the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean when the Tigers secured a 67-run win on a turning track in Providence, Guyana.
After Mohammad Ashraful scored 87 to lift Bangladesh to 251-8, South Africa were shot out for 184 with left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak claiming 3-25.
"We are more street-smart now when we play teams from the sub-continent," said Smith ahead of the day game which Bangladesh need to win to make the quarter-finals.
"We have a better understanding of how to go about it. They are a team that likes to play on the front foot. We will plan well for them."
South Africa are the only team in Group B to have qualified for the quarter-finals, with four others -- India, West Indies, Bangladesh and England -- vying for the remaining three berths over the weekend.
Only a victory over the Proteas will lift the Tigers into the last eight.