Date-stamped : 10 Mar97 - 10:20
Australia romp to seventh win

By Peter Deeley in East London

AUSTRALIA continued their triumphal progress with a  seventh  win
in as many games as Border were beaten by an innings and 105 runs
inside two days of the scheduled three-day fixture.

They have now beaten three provinces - including the  top  two  -
South  Africa  in the first Test, and registered three minor one-
day victories along the way.

Greg Blewett scored 112 on Saturday to go with his double century
in  the  previous  game,  the Johannesburg Test. Then Border were
bowled out in just over three hours, the same time it  took   the
tourists to dismiss them on the first day.

Afterwards, a presentation was made to Peter Kirsten, 42 in  May,
in  his  last  game.  He  amassed  22,635 runs in 567 first-class
matches, including seasons with Sussex  and Derbyshire,  for   an
average of more than 44. He won 12 Test caps.

TOUR MATCH.- East London, S Africa (2nd day of 3): Border 117  (J
Gillespie  7-34)  &  148 (P Strydom 55); Australians 370-9 dec (G
Blewett 112, M Waugh 62). Australians won by  an innings  &   105
runs.

Source :: Electronic.Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)

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