Bangladesh-South Africa Test fourth day’s play washed out

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: Rain washed out the fourth day´s play in the first Test between Bangladesh and South Africa on Friday.
Match officials at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong called off play at 1:25pm local time.
South Africa, who made 248 in the first innings, bowled out Bangladesh for 326 and reached 61-0 in their second knock when bad light forced an early stumps with 24.5 overs left to be bowled on the third day.
Openers Stiaan van Zyl and Dean Elgar were on 33 and 28 runs respectively, whittling down Bangladesh´s first innings lead to 17.
Although rain interrupted parts of the one-day series and brought an early end to two of the three days in this Test, it had its first proper say of the tour when the fourth day’s play was washed out without a ball being bowled. The lost day has left a delicately poised match headed for a draw, even if play is possible on the final day.
South Africa’s openers had all but wiped away their deficit in the second innings and were set up to build a target for Bangladesh, whose attack had successfully tied them down in the first innings. Bangladesh would have been looking to do the same on Friday and give themselves something to chase on the final day, while South Africa were scoring quicker than they had previously and looked ready to dangle a carrot and give their bowlers something to defend.
All that may not happen with only a day to play and two innings to get in. South Africa will likely look to bat out the final day, which will leave Dale Steyn on 399 wickets, with the chance to get to the 400 milestone in Dhaka next week. It will also leave Bangladesh disappointed after they put on their most commanding display in the longest format against South Africa and dominated large sections of the match.
Score Board
South Africa won toss
South Africa 1st innings 248 all-out (T Bavuma 54; Mustafizur 4-37)
Bangladesh 1st innings 326 all-out (Mahmudullah 67; Steyn 3-78)
South Africa 2nd innings
S van Zyl not out 33
D Elgar not out 28
Extras 0
Total (0 wickets; 21.1 overs) 61
To bat: *H M Amla, F du Plessis, T Bavuma, †Q de Kock, J P Duminy, V D Philander, D W Steyn, S R Harmer, M Morkel
Bowling: Mustafizur 5-0-21-0; Taijul 2-0-4-0; Mahmudullah 1-1-0-0; Shakib 5-0-19-0; Shahid 6-1-12-0; Jubair 2.1-1-5-0
Test debut: Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Umpires: R A Kettleborough (England) and J S Wilson (West Indies). TV umpire: P R Reiffel (Australia)