South Africa on the verge of victory

Feb 24, 2008

Aftab Ahmed pulls one away during his patient 24•Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP

Steyn and Mark Boucher were ecstatic after the breakthrough•Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP

Kallis enjoys a few high-fives after his five-wicket haul•Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP

McKenzie preferred not to use a helmet and Shahadat Hossain is cock-a-hoop after getting the wicket•Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP

Hashim Amla did his bit with an elegant 46•Dibyangshu Sarkar/Getty Images

But Dale Steyn trapped him lbw at a crucial point•Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP

Jacques Kallis soon pegged Bangladesh further back •Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP

Graeme Smith got the chase off to a steady start•Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP

Habibul Bashar and Mohammad Ashraful celebrate the dismissal•Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP

However, Kallis fell cheaply for the second time in the match•Dibyangshu Sarkar/Getty Images

Mohammad Rafique didn't have an answer against one from Kallis and could only watch the off stump cartwheel •Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP

But the other opener, Neil McKenzie, soon fell to a soft dismissal•Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP

Smith, though, stabilised the chase with some confident strokes•Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP

Ashwell Prince finished the day unbeaten on a measured 24 with South Africa only 27 runs away from securing a hard-fought win•Getty Images