June 26, 2003	Thursday	Rabi-us-Sani 25,1424

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WORCESTER (England), June 25: South Africa cruised to an easy 69-run victory over Worcestershire in the one-day tour match on Wednesday.

South Africa, who open their NatWest Series campaign against England on Saturday, scored 261 for four thanks to half centuries by skipper Graeme Smith and all-rounder Jacques Kallis.

Alan Dawson then claimed four for 26 as the county side were all out for 192 in 45 overs despite an innings of 77 from former South African player Justin Kemp.

Scoreboard

SOUTH AFRICA:

G.C. Smith c Kabir Ali b Khalid 65

H.H. Gibbs c Peters b Hayward 27

J.H. Kallis c Adshead b Kabir Ali 66

J.A. Rudolph not out 48

M.V. Boucher c Batty b Kabir Ali 20

M. van Jaarsveld not out 13

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-16, NB-3) 22

TOTAL (for four wkts, 50 overs) 261

FALL OF WKTS: 1-52, 2-151, 3-221, 4-246.

DID NOT BAT: S.M. Pollock, N. Boje, A.J. Hall, A.C. Dawson, M. Ntini.

BOWLING: Kabir Ali 10-2-49-2; Hayward 10-0-66-1; Kemp 10-0-47-0; Khalid 10-0-45-1; Batty 10-0-51-0.

WORCESTERSHIRE:

S.D. Peters c van Jaarsveld b Hall 10

S. Moore b Ntini 0

Kadeer Ali c Smith b Boje 29

B.F. Smith c Kallis b Hall 0

J.M. Kemp lbw b Pollock 77

D.A. Leatherdale c Rudolph b Kallis 38

G.J. Batty c sub b Dawson 11

Kabir Ali c Smith b Dawson 4

S. Adshead b Dawson 5

S. Khalid b Dawson 0

M. Hayward not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-8, W-7, NB-2) 17

TOTAL (all out, 45 overs) 192

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-30, 3-30, 4-66, 5-163, 6-181, 7-182, 8-191, 9-191.

BOWLING: Pollock 8-2-18-1; Ntini 10-0-43-1; Hall 8-1-30-2; Dawson 8-0-26-4; Boje 7-1-44-1; Kallis 4-0-23-1.

RESULT: South Africa won by 69 runs.—Reuters