Proteas put in elbow, but still on back foot
An elbow in the ribs was the best South Africa could do to try to stop Bangladesh from retaining the advantage after two days of the first Test in Chittagong yesterday. But, like everything else the visitors tried, it didn't work.At stumps, forced by rain, Bangladesh were 179-4 - 69 runs behind."If they get a 100-run lead we will be struggling," SA bowling coach Charl Langeveldt said candidly.The elbow in question belonged to a stirred, not shaken, Quinton de Kock. The ribs were those of serial hothead Tamim Iqbal.De Kock made his move on the stroke of lunch after he and Tamim had locked horns verbally when the Bangladeshi pulled away from the crease with Simon Harmer almost in his delivery stride.All ended well enough with Hashim Amla physically shielding De Kock from further acts of silliness. Dale Steyn did a similar job with Tamim.Rilee Rossouw was docked half his match fee after admitting to making what the code of conduct calls "inappropriate and deliberate physical contact" in a shoulder charge on Tamim during the second one-day international on July 12...
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