30 Mar 2009

South Africa take 20/20 series 2-0

8:16 am on 30 March 2009

South Africa has beaten Australia by 17 runs to complete a clean sweep of the two match 20/20 cricket series.

Debutant Roelof van der Merwe smashed 48 from 28 balls, including four sixes, to allow South Africa to post a modest score of 156 for five.

Michael Clarke and David Hussey were top scorers for Australia with 27.