Bangladesh suffered another humiliating collapse as South Africa wrapped up the second Castle Lager Test and the series on the third day at Supersport Park on Friday.

Fifteen wickets fell on the day, with South Africa also collapsing dramatically after the record breaking sixth wicket partnership between Ashwell Prince and Mark Boucher.

Bangladesh, trailing South Africa by 179 runs were all out for 131, giving South Africa victory by an innings and 48 runs. It was their 34th innings defeat in 57 Tests.

Earlier, Ashwell Prince and Mark Boucher put on 48 more runs before their record sixth wicket partnership ended when Boucher was caught at short cover for 117.

Their partnership of 271 off 382 balls was a new record for South Africa, surpassing the record of 200 set by Graeme Pollock and Tiger Lance against Australia in Durban in 1969/70.

Morne Morkel was bowled by Shakib off his first ball. Monde Zondeki survived the hat-trick ball, but was out off the next, caught behind by Mushfiqur Rahim.

Shahadat Hossain then got into the act, with Makhaya Ntini caught at mid-off by Mohammad Ashraful without scoring, and it was Shahadat who wrapped up the South African innings when he bowled Dale Steyn for one.

South Africa were all out for 429. South Africa had one of the most lop-sided scorecards for some time — two centuries and five ducks. For collectors of trivia, it was the highest score to include five ducks.

Meanwhile, Prince passed the 150 mark to register his highest Test score, passing the 149 he made against England earlier this year. He ended undefeated on 162.

Bangladesh lost their first wicket in the last over before lunch, when Imrul Kayes was caught in the slips by Graeme Smith off Ntini for five.

Wickets tumbled between lunch and tea, as Bangladesh, who had shown much more resolve on the first two days of the Test, reverted to their old ways with injudicious shots and careless running between the wickets.

Jacques Kallis set the ball rolling 20 minutes after the break when Zunaed Siddique — who was Bangladesh's top scorer in the first innings — was caught by Hashim Amla at point for 16.

Morne Morkel nabbed the first of two wickets when Neil McKenzie took a superb flying catch to dismiss Tamim Iqbal for 20, and then Bangladesh suffered the ignominy of two needless run outs. A direct hit from Amla found Mehrab out of his ground.

Mohammad Ashraful was also run out, this time by Dale Steyn throwing from just inside the boundary.

Morkel then took his second wicket, with Shakib Al Hasan caught on the boundary by Makhaya Ntini.for two. There were a few anxious moments for the small crowd when Ntini's sunglasses fell off as he took the catch, but the ball was safely in his hands.

The seventh wicket fell immediately after the break, when Ntini bowled Mushfiqur Rahim — the other hero of Bangladesh's first innings — with the first ball of the session. Raqibul was victim of another foolish run out, finishing with a top score of 28. Zondeki wrapped up the match with Shahadat caught by AB de Villiers and Mahbubul Alam caught behind by Boucher.

AFP

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