FIRST TEST, DAY 4:

CATCH 1: That Yasir Ali could pull off the catch he did to dismiss Temba Bavuma barely seems possible, if you’d seen him miss Dean Elgar’s in the morning. It was a stunning bit of athleticism, with Yasir moving down to his left at slip, and holding onto a marvellous catch one-handed.

CATCH 2: TV replays provided an arty effect to this catch at short leg. Shadman Islam had to make an adjustment in the air after the ball had deflected up off Kyle Verreynne’s pad. Initially he was taking evasive action, but Shadman then instinctively reached out with his left hand to take an excellent grab.

DROPS: Oh, what Bangladesh would do to have back those opportunities created in the morning when they dropped Elgar twice. The first by Najmul Shanto at slip with Elgar on 34 was off

Mehidy Hasan’s off-spin. The second was by Yasir, who seemed surprised that the ball reached him at second slip with Elgar on 43 off Ebadot Hossain’s bowling.

RUN OUT:

Nurul Shohan, on for Shadnam, delivered Bangladesh’s second sensational direct hit in this match to get rid of Simon Harmer. He charged after the ball on the cover boundary, slid to make a stop, transferred the ball from his left to right hand, and delivered a flat throw quickly that hit the base of off-stump at the non-striker’s end.

EIGHT: The number of decisions overturned on review by the TV umpire. It hasn’t been the best match for Marais Erasmus and Adrian Holdstock and there were a couple of other decisions, not referred, that would have been overturned as well.

One umpire’s call by Erasmus in the second over of the day that saved Elgar had a profound effect on the day’s play. Russell Domingo’s irritation at one point was understandable.