South Africa 496 for 3 dec and 54 for 2 (Amla 17*, Bavuma 3*) lead Bangladesh 320 (Mominul 77, Mahmudullah 66, Maharaj 3-92) by 230 runs
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Bangladesh batted for most of the third day and threatened South Africa at times, but the home side fought back with a clean-up job of the visiting team’s tail and furthered their lead to 230 runs. When play was called off due to bad light at Senwes Park, they were 54 for 2.
Hashim Amla and Temba Bavuma batted out the last 4.5 overs with some ease after Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram were snuffed out early in South Africa’s second innings. Elgar was first to go, after using up a review when Shafiul Islam trapped him in front of middle and leg with one that curved in from a back of a length. Aiden Markram chased a big drive to a Mustafizur Rahman cutter that broke away from him and edged behind. Unlike Elgar, he didn’t challenge the decision, and replays showed his bat had bumped into the ground at the same moment the ball took his outside edge.
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Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84
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