Dippenaar hundred seals South Africa win

Boeta Dippenaar's 101 not out off 90 balls guided South Africa to a 153-run win over Sussex under the Hove floodlights on Saturday as the tourists continued their preparations for the forthcoming one-day series with England and Zimbabwe.

Dippenaar, called into the South Africa one-day squad in place of the injured Neil McKenzie, struck two sixes and seven fours but was dropped on 12 by Carl Hopkinson at mid-on off the bowling of off-spinner Mark Davis.

His innings helped South Africa to 267 for seven from their 50 overs, which proved too much for Sussex, who were bowled out for 114 with the floodlights barely on.

South Africa quick Charl Langeveldt did the early damage on his way to three for 30, with unorthodox left-arm spinner Paul Adams taking three for 19.

South Africa have two more warm-up games, against Northamptonshire and Worcestershire, before making their triangular series bow, against England, at The Oval on Saturday, June 28.

Anderson hopes he is not the last

James Anderson made history at The Oval by becoming the first England player to take a hat-trick in a one-day international, on Friday.

The Lancashire paceman's treble came in the 373rd one-day game played by England and his figures of 4-27 paved the way to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan.

"The ball was swinging around early doors and we made best use of it - and to finish it off like I did was very special.

"I'm very honoured to be the first guy to do it [for England] - hopefully, I won't be the last," he said.

Parallel painted white lines on pitches to be tested

Leg before wicket decisions could be made much easier for umpires when parallel painted white lines on pitches are tested -- possibly as early as October.

It is the latest radical plan from the International Cricket Council in its ongoing drive to minimise the margin of error.

"We haven't decided whether to use an unbroken or dotted white line, but this is an experiment worth introducing," said David Richardson, the ICC's cricket manager.

Intriguingly, the ICC is contemplating whether to increase the number of on-field umpires from two to three.

The third would probably be stationed in a position to monitor no-balls, leaving the umpire at the non-striker's end free to concentrate on the batsman and those pretty white lines.

"Other sports have a larger number of umpires, who are occupied for a shorter length of time," said Malcolm Speed, the ICC's chief executive.

"We want to minimise mistakes."