/ 30 December 1997

SA A take series 3-0

TUESDAY, 11.00AM:

SOUTH AFRICA beat the touring West Indies side by 19 runs on Monday to take the series 3-0.

Scoreboard on the fourth and final day of the tour match between South Africa A and West Indies A at Newlands on Monday.

South Africa A, first innings 129

West Indies, first innings 164

South Africa A, second innings 301

West Indies A, second innings

S Ragoonath c Benkenstein b Hayward 36

R Samuels run out 9

W Hinds c Liebenberg b Telemachus 5

J Adams c sub (McKenzie) b Botha 18

R Sarwan c Liebenberg b Hayward 8

L Williams b Haywood 84

R Hoyte c Johnson b Crookes 38

N Francis c Crookes b Eksteen 2

N McLean lbw b Botha 22

P Collins c Crookes b Botha 9

D Ramnarine not out 1

Extras (10b 4lb 1w) 15

Total (all out) 247 — 86.1 overs

Fall of wickets: 1/25 2/36 3/56 4/74 5/84 6/200 7/200 8/229 9/240.

Bowling: Telemachus 13-3-47-1, Hayward 20-2-82-3, Botha 13.1-3-37-3, Eksteen 24-7-37-1, Crookes 16-3-30-1.

Result: South Africa A won by 19 runs

South Africa A win series 3-0.

SPORT BRIEFS

SA A ONE-DAY SIDE A 13-player South Africa A squad for three one-day matches against West Indies A was named on Monday after SA’s 3-0 clean sweep of the four-day series. The one-day matches will be played on January 2 at Kingsmead in Durban, on January 4 at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth and on January 7 at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.

The team: Dale Benkenstein (capt), HD Ackerman, Piet Botha, Derek Crookes, Clive Eksteen, Steve Elworthy, Mornantau Haywood, Neil Johnson, Gerhardus Liebenberg, Nic Pothas, Ashwell Prince, Mike Rindel, Roger Telemachus, Henry Paulse (manager), Duncan Fletcher (coach).

PROVINCE LEAGUE FINAL SQUAD Western Province have named their squad of 13 for the Standard Bank League title-decider against Northerns at Newlands on New Year’s Day:

Lloyd Ferreira, Bradley Player, Hassan Pangarker, HD Ackerman, John Commins, Faiek Davids, Eric Simons, Alan Dawson, Paul Kirsten, Dave Rundle, Donovan Koch, Craig Matthews (capt), Brett Schultz.

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