OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Sunday 12.30PM.
DEREK CROOKES and Martin van Jaarsveld were the heroes in South Africa A’s seven wicket win over Sri Lanka A in an unofficial limited-overs match played in Moratuwa on Saturday.
The win gives South Africa the series with one more match to play. Crookes scored 60 runs in the South African innings and Van Jaarsveld chalked up 121 to steer South Africa to a total of 242 runs in reply to the Lankan total of 238.
Crookes also took four wickets in nine overs to see him being awarded a joint Man of the Match award with Van Jaarsveld.
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