De Kock sets South Africa up for 20-run T20 triumph

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa: Quinton de Kock scored his highest Twenty20 international score of 59 to lead South Africa to a 20-run victory over Bangladesh on Thursday in the first game of the series. De Kock scored his runs off 44 balls and shared an 79-run partnership with AB de Villiers as South Africa piled up a total of 195 for four after winning the toss. Bangladesh fell short in their reply, finishing on 175-9 despite a bludgeoning start in which Soumya Sarkar struck 47 off 31 balls before a review had him trapped lbw to Andile Phehlukwayo, who finished with figures of 2-25 off his four overs. There were two wickets on his international debut for Robbie Frylinck after a surprise call-up by South Africa for the 33-year-old bowler, including removing Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan for 13. The home triumph was built on the second-wicket partnership between De Kock and De Villiers, who added 49 off 27 balls. Bangladesh complete their five-week tour with a second T20 on Sunday. — Reuters Scoreboard South Africa Q de Kock lbw b Rubel Hossain 59 H Amla b Mehedi Hasan 3 AB de Villiers c Mahmudullah b Mehedi Hasan 49 J Duminy c Imrul Kayes b Shakib Al Hasan 13 D Miller not out 25 F Behardien not out 36 Extras (b4, lb1, nb1, w4) 10 Total (4 wkts, 20 overs) 195 Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-97, 3-122, 4-133 Bowling: Shakib Al Hasan 3-0-28-1, Mehedi Hasan 4-0-31-2, Rubel Hossain 4-0-34-1, Taskin Ahmed 2-0-21-0, Shafiul Islam 2-0-33-0, Mohammad Saifuddin 2-0-20-0, Mahmudullah 3-0-23-0 Bangladesh Imrul Kayes c Miller b Hendricks 10 Soumya Sarkar lbw Phehlukwayo 47 Shakib Al Hasan c De Villiers b Frylinck 13 Mushfiqur Rahim c De Villiers b Phangiso 13 Sabbir Rahman c Phehlukwayo b Hendricks 19 Mahmudullah c Amla b Phehlukwayo 3 Mohammad Saifuddin not out 39 Mehedi Hasan b Paterson 14 Taskin Ahmed lbw Paterson 0 Shafiul Islam c Miller b Frylinck 1 Rubel Hossain not out 2 Extras (lb1, w13) 14 Total (9 wkts, 20 overs) 175 Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-64, 3-92, 4-98, 5-101, 6-124, 7-147, 8-147, 9-150 Bowling: Paterson 4-0-29-2, Hendricks 4-0-42-2, Frylinck 4-0-33-2, Phehlukwayo 4-0-25-2, Duminy 1-0-15-0, Phangiso 3-0-30-1