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South Africa A thump England
A Vaughan ton couldn't save England as S Africa A beat them by seven wickets in the opener.
A Michael Vaughan century could not save England as South Africa A thumped them by seven wickets in a three-day tour match at Sedgars Park on Monday.
Another poor batting performance by a rusty-looking England - they were dismissed for 190 in their second innings after resuming on 154 for seven on Monday - left the hosts needing just 134 to win.
England, previously unbeaten in a first-class match in 2004 and who have won 10 out of their last 11 Tests, were left to pray for further rain but the sun returned after one-and-a-half-hour's play was lost on the final afternoon.
Without Vaughan, England's humiliation would have been complete.
His century took three and three-quarter hours and came off 149 balls with 13 fours and two sixes but, two balls after reaching three figures, Vaughan slashed off the back foot and edged behind to Mark Boucher off impressive left-armer Charl Willoughby.
Steve Harmison hit two boundaries in eight balls to finish on 13 not out, but Simon Jones was the last man to fall, hitting a comfortable catch to extra cover.
Seamer Matthew Hoggard got rid of first-innings top-scorer Martin van Jaarsveld for a duck in the first over of the South Africa A second innings but by lunch the hosts were cruising on 63 for one.
