Sporting Digest: Cricket

DENNIS AMISS will not be standing for re-election as a Test selector this summer. The former England batsman has been appointed chief executive at Warwickshire and says he will not have time for both jobs.

SIXTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL

(Port Elizabeth)

(South Africa won toss)

SOUTH AFRICA

A C Hudson c Warne b May. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

P N Kirsten b Reiffel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

W J Cronje c Healy b M Waugh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

J N Rhodes c Jones b S Waugh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

* K C Wessels b Reiffel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

E Simons run out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

B M McMillan not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

D J Richardson not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Extras (lb17 w5 nb2 b2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Total (for 6, 50 overs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

Fall: 1-18 2-48 3-153 4-175 5-216 6-223.

Did not bat: T G Shaw, C R Matthews, P S De Villiers.

Bowling: McGrath 10-1-41-0; Reiffel 10-1-33-2; M Waugh 7-0-26-1 (3w); S Waugh 10-1-49-1 (1w 2nb); May 10-0-41-1; Warne 3-0-18-0 (1w).

AUSTRALIA

D C Boon c Wessels b De Villiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

M J Slater c Richardson b Matthews. . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

D M Jones b Simons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

M E Waugh b Simons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

S R Waugh lbw b McMillan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

* A R Border lbw b Shaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

I A Healy c Wessels b Shaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

P R Reiffel c Simons b Matthews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

S K Warne run out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

T B A May c and b De Villiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

G D McGrath not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0

Extras (lb13 w4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Total (49.1 overs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Fall: 1-4 2-35 3-50 4-59 5-65 6-68 7-77 8-196 9- 201.

Bowling: De Villiers 9-1-42-2 (1w); Matthews 9.1- 1-35-2; McMillan 8-0-38-1; Simons 10-3-24-2; Shaw 8-2-19-2; Cronje 5-1-30-0.

South Africa won by 26 runs and lead series 4-2.