The
South African cricket team
The South Africa national cricket team, also known as the Proteas, represents South Africa in men's international cricket and is administered by Cricket South Africa (CSA). South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council (I ...
toured
Bangladesh
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for a two-match
International Twenty20 (T20I) series, a three-match
One Day International
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(ODI) series and two
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against the
Bangladesh national team from 3 July to 3 August 2015.
South Africa won Twenty20 International series by 2–0. Bangladesh won ODI series by 2–1. With this ODI victory, Bangladesh have won four consecutive ODI series in home soil, including series against Zimbabwe (5–0), Pakistan (3–0), India (2–1) and South Africa (2–1). This is the first ODI series victory against South Africa by Bangladesh. The Test series finished with both matches being drawn.
Squads
South Africa's
AB de Villiers
Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984) is a former South African international cricketer. AB de Villiers was named as the ICC ODI Player of the Year three times during his 15-year international career and was one of the five Wi ...
was originally named as the captain for the ODI series. However, he was unavailable for the first match due to getting a one-match ban for bowling a slow over-rate in the
2015 Cricket World Cup
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semi-final against
New Zealand
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.
South Africa's management decided to release him for the other two matches, so he can spend time with his family, with
Hashim Amla
Hashim Mahomed Amla OIS (born 31 March 1983) is a South African former international cricketer who played for South Africa in all three formats of the game. Amla holds the record for being the fastest ever to score 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000 ...
taking over as captain.
Tour match
T20:Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs South Africans
T20I series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
Test series
1st Test
2nd Test
References
External links
Series home on ESPN Cricinfo
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International cricket competitions in 2015
2015 in Bangladeshi cricket
2015 in South African cricket