South Africa's one-day woes multiply

The outcome adds weight to national coach Mickey Arthur’s contention that the A side not only requires more game-time but a full-time coach as well. Batting depth, in particular, appears not to be a problem in a broad national context at present – the young South Africans won the series of four-day matches primarily on the grounds of strong performances in this department ... But the one-dayers against Sri Lanka A also revealed that the country’s all-round bowling depth isn’t what it should be.