SA A team end fantastic England tour on low note with loss to the Lions

CRICKET NEWS - The South African A team ended a superb tour of England with a six-wicket loss to the England Lions in their final tour match at the County Ground, New Road, Worcester on Tuesday evening.It was an unfortunate way to end their five-game tour, but the team can still be very proud of their efforts after they won the four-day series 2-0 and the one-day series 2-1. In fact, they had dominated every other match, picking up thumping wins throughout, until they came unstuck after a poor batting performance in the final match.Batting firstIt was the first game in all five that SA A batted first, after captain Marques Ackerman won the toss and chose to, only for them to be let down by the majority of their order as they were skittled for just 146.Opener Lhuan-dre Pretorius was the…

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