Chittagong Test drawn as incessant rain washes out play on last day

Rain had the final say in Chittagong by turning up with the first ever draw between Bangladesh and South Africa in the first Test.

Day five was washed out without a ball being bowled on Saturday at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

Incessant rain forced play to be abandoned on the fourth day and continued to frustrate on the last day before the umpires called it off following an inspection at 12:00pm, when it was still drizzling.

It was Bangladesh’s first draw against South Africa after eight defeats in as many Test matches.

Seven of those were innings defeats.

Bangladesh’s one-off Test against India last month also ended in a draw due to torrential rain in Fatullah.

The Tigers may have been happy with the rain in the Test against India, but they would rue it against South Africa because they had the upper hand in the Chittagong Test with a good first innings lead.

Bangladesh bowled superbly to restrict the Proteas to 248 in their first innings on day one before scoring 326 to take a 78-run lead.

South Africa were 61 for no loss in their second innings, 17 runs behind the hosts, on the third day.

But the rain washed out after that.

The Board will seriously have to look at the weather to finalise future series at home and avoid monsoon season.

The rain deny spectators of watching a fair contest with the possibility of a result.