SA A vs Australia A, 5th unofficial ODI at East London, , Sep 13 2002 - Match Result

Thanks to an inninngs of 118 from Andrew Hall and an opening partnership of 135 with Loots Bosman, South Africa `A' managed to avoid a whitewash by beating Australia A by eight wickets in Pietermaritzburg

The fifth match between Australia 'A' and South Africa 'A' in EastLondon, South Africa, has been abandoned without a ball being bowled.

A record third wicket partnership between Martin van Jaarsveld and Ashwell Prince was not enough to keep South Africa `A' in the seven match series against Australia `A'

The South African `A' team, to have any further say in the seven-match series, has to beat the Australian visitors tomorrow in the fourth game starting Wednesday morning in Johannesburg at the Wanderers Stadium