The Bangladesh emerging women鈥檚 cricket team suffered a crushing eight-wicket defeat to their South African counterparts in the third and final match, losing the T20 series 2-1 at the Cox鈥檚 Bazar Academy Ground on Sunday.
After being put to bat first, Bangladesh scored 117-7 in the allotted overs. In response, Simone Lourens scored 40 off 32, and Faye Tunnicliffe made 35 off 33 to guide the tourists home with 10 balls to spare.
Fuara Begum and Nishita Akter took one wicket each for the hosts.
Earlier, Bangladesh batters made good starts but failed to capitalise on them as bowlers maintained the pressure.
Skipper Sarmin Sultana top-scored with a run-a-ball 36, hitting three boundaries. Rubya Haider Jhilik (27 off 39), Shorna Akter (19) and Afia Asima Era (18) played brief knocks to help them reach a decent total.
Alexandra Clare Candler scalped 3-22 while Delmari Tucker took 2-19.
Bangladesh won the first match by five wickets, but the visitors bounced back with a 36-run win in the second game.
South Africa earlier won the one-day series 3-0.
