Chittagong, March 9:

An unbeaten century by captain Graeme Smith led South Africa to an easy nine-wicket win over Bangladesh with 12.1 overs to spare in the first one-dayer on Sunday.

Smith hit a boundary with the day’s last ball to bring up his seventh one-day century, and take his side past the winning target of 179 in 36.5 overs.

Man of the match Smith hit 14 fours and a six. Herschelle Gibbs (57) combined in a 143-run opening stand with his captain before Shakib Al Hasan trapped him to take the only wicket. Hashim Amla, a test specialist who made his one-day debut on Sunday, finished not out on 9.

Earlier, a half century by opener Tamim Iqbal failed to get adequate support from the rest of Bangladesh’s batting order, as South Africa skittled the home side for 178.

Andre Nel claimed three wickets to take him past 100 in ODIs, while Charl Langeveldt, Albie Morkel and Paul Harris all claimed two. Iqbal and Roqibul Hassan put on 42 runs for the fifth wicket, before the opener fell for 82 including nine fours and a six.