Shamima Sultana started well. Then Farzana Haque continued to fight. Scored a century. In the end, the Bangladesh women’s team got a good collection against South Africa with the stormy batting of Fahima Khatun.
In the second of the three-match series in Potchefstroom, Bangladesh lost the toss and batted first, collecting 222 runs in the allotted 50 overs. They are leading the series by 1-0 after winning the previous match.
Shamima Sultana and Farzana Haque added 48 runs to the opening pair. Shamima returned with a catch in the hands of Sune Luce with a classy ball with 28 runs from 36 balls. After that, Murshida Haque could not survive for long. He departed after scoring 8 runs. However, Farzana continued to fight by keeping one side. At the other end, captain Jyoti lost his wicket by scoring 13 runs. Then Fahima accompanied Farzana. However, he had to depart for 46 runs.
Farzana completed the century by fighting to the end. She is the only girl cricketer to score a century in ODIs for Bangladesh. Farzana was out for 102 runs off 167 balls with 11 fours. Tigresses got a good collection from his great innings.
