World record triggers South African run-fest

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Skipper Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie set a world record for an opening wicket stand to help South Africa amass 570 for five wickets at tea on the second day of the second and final test against Bangladesh on Saturday.

Resuming on 509-1 after lunch, Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher were not out on 35 and 16 runs respectively at tea.

After spinner Abdur Razzak (1-129) finally broke through in the morning, spinner Shahadat Hossain (3-108) took three wickets and Shakib Al Hasan (1-68) another in the second session to slow the South African run spree.

Shahadat finally dismissed McKenzie for 226, then trapped Hashim Amla for 38 and bowled Ashwell Prince for just two in his two subsequent overs.

Shakib then bowled AB de Villiers for one.

Razzak made the breakthrough in the first session of the day as South Africa's batsmen plundered runs on a flat batting pitch to the frustration of the Bangladesh bowlers.

Smith was on 231 and McKenzie on 170 when they surpassed the record of 413 for the opening wicket set by Indian pairing Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy against New Zealand in 1956.

It was only the second time a pair of openers have both notched double centuries in a test.

The first pair to achieve the mark were Australia's William Lawry (210) and Robert Simpson (201) against West Indies in Barbados in 1965.