South Africa A 201 for 0 (Pretorius 116*. Hermann 83*) beat England Lions 198 (Falconer 45, Mokoena 4-40) by 10 wickets
South Africa A continued their domination of England Lions as they cruised to a ten-wicket victory at New Road. Worcester, in the second instalment of their three-game 50-over series.
As in the first match at Leicester on Friday. no Lions batter reached 50 as this time they were bowled out for 198 in 47.1 overs. After another top-order implosion, No. 6 Caleb Falconer hit 45 from 57 balls to lead some lower-order resistance against an impressive attack led by Nqobani Mokoena.
South Africa A then galloped to 201 without loss with a whopping 117 balls to spare thanks to openers Lhuan-dre Pretorius (116 not out from 114 balls). Rubin Hermann (83 not out, 39). The drubbing left the tourists with a decisive 2-0 lead in the three-match series. concludes back at New Road on Tuesday.
South Africa A chose to bowl on an overcast morning. Mokoena took out three of the Lions' top four in an aggressive opening burst of 5-0-29-3. Opening pair Ben Dawkins and Asa Tribe were undone by superb away-cutters which took the edge. James Coles fell second ball when he was too late leaving one and deflected it on the stumps. It was 38 for four when captain Jordan Cox gloved a pull at Kwena Maphaka.
Falconer underpinned a partial recovery with stands of 48 in 12 overs with Ben Mayes (26, 50). 55 in 11 with Ekansh Singh (27, 34). The South Africa A attack nipped the revival in the bud, however, as Mayes lifted leg-spinner Prenelan Subrayen to long on. Falconer and Singh fell lbw in successive overs from slow left-armer Bjorn Fortuin.
Mason Crane (22, 45). Matty Potts (25, 28) added a patient 34 from ten overs to prolong the innings but it was too little too late. Crane. Eddie Jack fell to successive balls from Nqabayonzi Peter and Potts edged a slog at Mokoena to the wicketkeeper.
Potts then bowled a testing opening spell (5-0-15-0) but, under no pressure to score quickly, Pretorius. Hermann eased to 50 in the 13th over. They were content to ease onward until the introduction of spin when Pretorius lifted Coles for six. four in his first over.
Pretorius reached his half-century from 65 balls. Hermann, having had much less of the strike, followed to his from 49. The 150 stand was posted in the 25th over after Pretorius freed up to climb into Crane with three successive sixes before accelerating to a 103-ball ton with seven fours. seven sixes. Victories do not come much more emphatic.
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