Shukri: Proteas have no excuses

COACH: VISITORS OUTPLAYED IN EVERY SINGLE ASPECT

- Wesley Botton

Head coach Shukri Conrad admitted there were no real excuses for the team's dismal performance after the Proteas were thumped in a 342-run defeat against England in the third and final one-day international (ODI) in Southampton on Sunday.

Though they won the series 2-1, it was the second ODI campaign in succession that the SA team were humiliated in a dead rubber clash, having also lost 2-1 to Australia last month.

Against England, after the hosts compiled 414/5, the tourists responded by being bowled out for just 72 runs within 21 overs. It was South Africa's second lowest total in ODI cricket and the lowest the national side has racked up since 1993.