By Nick Said
GQEBERHA, South Africa (Reuters) – Hosts South Africa will look to impose another trial by spin on seething tourists Bangladesh in the second and final test starting at St George’s Park in Gqeberha, formerly Port Elizabeth, on Thursday.
The home side completed a dominant 220-run victory in the first test on Monday, bowling Bangladesh out for a paltry 53 in a second innings which lasted only 19 overs.
The visitors’ management were unhappy with some of the decisions from local umpires Marais Erasmus and Adrian Holdstock in Durban and promised to lodge a formal complaint with the International Cricket Council.
Bangladesh skipper Mominul Haque gave a blunt assessment of his side’s horror second innings, when all 10 wickets fell to spinners Keshav Maharaj (7-32) and Simon Harmer (3-21).
“I think it was a big crime on our part to give wickets to spinners on foreign soil,” he said.
“You simply cannot give wickets to spinners when you are on tour….