# Bangladesh women's cricket team in South Africa in 2018

The Bangladesh women's cricket team played South Africa women's cricket team in May 2018. The tour consisted of five Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and three Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). Prior to the tour, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) named a preliminary squad of thirty players.
South Africa Women won the WODI series 5–0 and the WT20I series 3–0.

## Squads

| WODIs | WODIs | WT20Is | WT20Is |
| South Africa | Bangladesh | South Africa | Bangladesh |
| Dane van Niekerk (c) Trisha Chetty Shabnim Ismail Marizanne Kapp Ayabonga Khaka Masabata Klaas Lizelle Lee Suné Luus Zintle Mali Raisibe Ntozakhe Mignon du Preez Andrie Steyn Chloe Tryon Laura Wolvaardt | Rumana Ahmed (c) Nahida Akter Jahanara Alam Suraiya Azmin Jannatul Ferdus Panna Ghosh Fargana Hoque Sanjida Islam Fahima Khatun Murshida Khatun Salma Khatun Khadija Tul Kubra Sobhana Mostary Nigar Sultana Shamima Sultana Sharmin Sultana | Dane van Niekerk (c) Tazmin Brits Shabnim Ismail Marizanne Kapp Ayabonga Khaka Masabata Klaas Stacy Lackay Lizelle Lee Suné Luus Zintle Mali Raisibe Ntozakhe Mignon du Preez Chloe Tryon Laura Wolvaardt | Salma Khatun (c) Rumana Ahmed Nahida Akter Jahanara Alam Suraiya Azmin Jannatul Ferdus Panna Ghosh Fargana Hoque Sanjida Islam Fahima Khatun Murshida Khatun Khadija Tul Kubra Sobhana Mostary Nigar Sultana Shamima Sultana Sharmin Sultana |

## Tour match
### 50 overs match: Bangladesh Women vs North West Women

* 2 May 2018 09:45 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 270/2 (50 overs) | v | North West Women 180 (45.4 overs) |
| Rumana Ahmed 136* (144) Anneke Bosch 1/31 (10 overs) | | Elrisa Fourie 64 (66) Fahima Khatun 8/5 (10 overs) |
* Bangladesh Women won by 90 runs North-West University No1 Ground, Potchefstroom Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA)
* Bangladesh Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* 12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

## WODI series
### 1st WODI

* 4 May 2018 09:45 Scorecard
| South Africa 270/9 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 164 (49.3 overs) |
| Chloe Tryon 65 (42) Nahida Akter 2/22 (8 overs) | | Fargana Hoque 69 (146) Dane van Niekerk 3/23 (10 overs) |
* South Africa Women won by 106 runs Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Chloe Tryon (SA)
* South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Murshida Khatun (Ban) made her WODI debut.

### 2nd WODI

* 6 May 2018 09:45 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 89 (39.5 overs) | v | South Africa 90/1 (17.1 overs) |
| Panna Ghosh 20* (54) Ayabonga Khaka 3/13 (6 overs) | | Laura Wolvaardt 37* (50) Salma Khatun 1/19 (4 overs) |
* South Africa Women won by 9 wickets Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Ayabonga Khaka (SA)
* Bangladesh Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jannatul Ferdus (Ban) made her WODI debut.
* Ayabonga Khaka (SA) took her 50th wickets in WODIs.

### 3rd WODI

* 9 May 2018 09:45 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 71 (36.5 overs) | v | South Africa 72/1 (14.2 overs) |
| Nigar Sultana 33* (97) Ayabonga Khaka 3/16 (6.5 overs) | | Lizelle Lee 44* (51) Nahida Akter 1/19 (4.2 overs) |
* South Africa Women won by 9 wickets Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Adrian Holdstock (SA) Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (SA)
* South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Zintle Mali (SA) made her WODI debut.

### 4th WODI

* 11 May 2018 09:45 Scorecard
| South Africa 230/7 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 76 (33.2 overs) |
| Lizelle Lee 70 (102) Nahida Akter 2/36 (9 overs) | | Fargana Hoque 22 (48) Shabnim Ismail 2/8 (7 overs) |
* South Africa Women won by 154 runs Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Chloe Tryon (SA)
* South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Lizelle Lee became the third player for South Africa Women to score 2,000 runs in WODIs.

### 5th WODI

* 14 May 2018 09:45 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 166/9 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 169/4 (35 overs) |
| Rumana Ahmed 74 (123) Shabnim Ismail 3/17 (9 overs) | | Laura Wolvaardt 70* (96) Khadija Tul Kubra 3/33 (10 overs) |
* South Africa Women won by 6 wickets Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Adrian Holdstock (SA) Player of the match: Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
* South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Sobhana Mostary (Ban) made her WODI debut.

## WT20I series
### 1st WT20I

* 17 May 2018 13:00 Scorecard
| South Africa 127/6 (20 overs) | v | Bangladesh 110/5 (20 overs) |
| Lizelle Lee 46 (38) Khadija Tul Kubra 3/23 (4 overs) | | Rumana Ahmed 36 (41) Shabnim Ismail 3/19 (4 overs) |
* South Africa Women won by 17 runs Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA)
* South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Stacy Lackay (SA) made her WT20I debut.

### 2nd WT20I

* 19 May 2018 13:00 Scorecard
| South Africa 169/4 (20 overs) | v | Bangladesh 137/5 (20 overs) |
| Suné Luus 71 (57) Nahida Akter 2/32 (4 overs) Panna Ghosh 2/32 (4 overs) | | Shamima Sultana 50 (43) Shabnim Ismail 2/29 (4 overs) |
* South Africa Women won by 32 runs Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Dane van Niekerk (SA)
* Bangladesh Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Tazmin Brits (SA) made her WT20I debut.

### 3rd WT20I

* 20 May 2018 13:00 Scorecard
| South Africa 64/4 (9 overs) | v | Bangladesh 41/6 (9 overs) |
| Tazmin Brits 29 (22) Salma Khatun 2/18 (2 overs) | | Shamima Sultana 12 (17) Ayabonga Khaka 3/10 (2 overs) |
* South Africa Women won by 23 runs Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Adrian Holdstock (SA) Player of the match: Ayabonga Khaka (SA)
* Bangladesh Women won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 9 overs per side due to rain.
* Zintle Mali (SA), Jannatul Ferdus and Murshida Khatun (Ban) all made their WT20I debuts.