Miller slams fastest T20 ton

The victory gave the Proteas a 2-0 victory in the T20 International Series and enabled it to complete a clean sweep across all three formats. Miller made his century off just 35 balls which was 10 balls quicker than the previous best by Richard Levi. 

He dispatched the first five balls from Saifuddin into the capacity crowd but could not get his bat under the sixth and had to settle for a single. With 31 runs coming from that over he moved from 51 to 100 off just 13 deliveries during a blitz which included 6 sixes and 2 fours. Up until his onslaught it looked as though Hashim Amla would be the one to become South Africa’s fourth centurion as he helped himself to 85 off 51 balls before being caught in the deep but then Miller took over. 

At one stage Bangladesh looked well in the match when it restricted the Proteas to 45/2 in the 6 power play overs and 78/3 after 10 but that proved to be just the calm before the storm. Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan, who opened the bowling on a slow-paced pitch, took 2/24 in his 4 overs but he was then trumped by South African captain JP Duminy in the same role when he took 2/23. Bangladesh simply lost too many wickets as it chased a near impossible target, losing 4 top men in the power play overs. 

Wickets continued to fall at regular intervals as the required run rate gradually got out of hand, soaring to 23 in the last 5 overs. 

Brief scores: South Africa 224/4 in 20 overs (HashimAmla 85, David Miller 101*, Shakib Al Hasan 2/22) bt Bangladesh 141 (Soumya Sarkar 44, JeanPaul Duminy 2/23).