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Few players will have taken more satisfaction out of South Africa A's seven-wicket victory over England than Mark Boucher

Michael Vaughan was a concerned England captain in the aftermath of hisside's comprehensive seven-wicket defeat at Potchefstroom, describing the result as a 'kick up the arse'

It is a measure of the way England have been outplayed by South Africa A at Potchefstroom this week, that not even a spot of divine intervention could prevent them from slumping to an embarrassing seven-wicket defeat shortly after tea on the third

Andrew Flintoff, England's best bowler of the day, and a relative successwith the bat as well, was extolling the virtues of hard work and netpractice as he faced the media at Potchefstroom

One top-order aberration could be put down to ring-rustiness, but two in a single match smacks of carelessness