Second Test 'out of reach' for Bangladesh, concedes Siddons

Bangladesh batting coach Jamie Siddons admitted on Saturday that the second Test against South Africa was "probably out of our reach" after a late-afternoon batting collapse.

Siddons gave credit to the South Africans who "batted really well" in making 453 and said Bangladesh had a difficult task after slipping to 139 for five at the end of the second day.

The collapse was caused by medium-paced all-rounder Wiaan Mulder, who took three wickets in quick succession.

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Mulder dismissed Tamim Iqbal(47), Najmul Hossain (33) and captain Mominul Haque (6) in almost identical fashion.

Bowling around the wicket, he angled the ball into the three left-handers and trapped them leg before wicket. At one stage he had three wickets for five runs in five overs. He finished the day with three for 15.

"There were a few fundamental batting mistakes made by our left-handers," said Siddons. "I've spoken to two of them. They were trying to hit the ball to the leg side instead of clearing the front pad and hitting the ball back where it came from."

Although Mulder and opening bowler Duanne Olivier took the wickets, Siddons felt the biggest threat came from South Africa's spinners, Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer, who were South Africa's match-winners in the first Test at Kingsmead in Durban.

"Maharaj hasn't got a wicket yet but he's bowling really good quality spin so it's going to be a tough match from here on in. The ball is spinning quite a lot and at good pace so it's going to be a difficult day of batting."

Tamim and Najmul put on 79 for Bangladesh's second wicket and Siddons said Tamim "played really well" before playing around his pad to be Mulder's