Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Moore	c Redmond b Thompson	22	60	85	3	0	36.66
Rob Key (c)	c †Young b Franklin	4	9	12	0	0	44.44
Jonathan Trott	c Flynn b Thompson	7	16	28	0	0	43.75
Samit Patel	c †Young b Arnel	64	101	125	7	2	63.36
Joe Denly	c BP Martin b Arnel	12	44	63	2	0	27.27
Luke Wright	lbw b Arnel	69	78	123	13	0	88.46
Ben Scott †	c Williamson b BP Martin	1	27	45	0	0	3.70
Gareth Batty	b Thompson	64	94	112	10	1	68.08
Liam Plunkett	b CS Martin	29	57	83	3	1	50.87
Sajid Mahmood	b Thompson	52	59	70	7	2	88.13
Mark Davies	not out	6	25	38	0	0	24.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 6, nb 8)	16
Total	93.4 Ov (RR: 3.69)	346
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Rob Key, 3.1 ov), 2-24 (Jonathan Trott, 9.1 ov), 3-51 (Stephen Moore, 19.2 ov), 4-103 (Joe Denly, 35.3 ov), 5-112 (Samit Patel, 39.4 ov), 6-154 (Ben Scott, 49.3 ov), 7-219 (Luke Wright, 63.6 ov), 8-276 (Gareth Batty, 76.5 ov), 9-299 (Liam Plunkett, 84.2 ov), 10-346 (Sajid Mahmood, 93.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chris Martin	19	4	58	1	3.05	-	-	-	0
James Franklin	16	2	54	1	3.37	-	-	-	1
Ewen Thompson	18.4	2	98	4	5.25	-	-	-	2
Bruce Martin	17	1	63	1	3.70	-	-	-	5
Brent Arnel	20	8	47	3	2.35	-	-	-	0
Kane Williamson	3	0	18	0	6.00	-	-	-	0

New Zealand A 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aaron Redmond	c Wright b Davies	0	7	7	0	0	0.00
Jamie How (c)	c Mahmood b Davies	4	12	37	0	0	33.33
Daniel Flynn	c Batty b Plunkett	33	67	94	3	0	49.25
Peter Fulton	c †Scott b Davies	9	13	25	2	0	69.23
Kane Williamson	lbw b Batty	35	93	131	3	1	37.63
James Franklin	c Key b Davies	2	6	8	0	0	33.33
Reece Young †	b Batty	71	105	139	11	0	67.61
Ewen Thompson	lbw b Batty	60	56	76	10	1	107.14
Bruce Martin	c Trott b Mahmood	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Brent Arnel	lbw b Mahmood	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Chris Martin	not out	0	9	13	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 8, nb 14, w 2)	29
Total	59.4 Ov (RR: 4.07)	243
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Aaron Redmond, 1.2 ov), 2-27 (Jamie How, 7.4 ov), 3-43 (Peter Fulton, 11.4 ov), 4-57 (Daniel Flynn, 20.1 ov), 5-59 (James Franklin, 21.6 ov), 6-142 (Kane Williamson, 41.5 ov), 7-225 (Reece Young, 55.4 ov), 8-226 (Bruce Martin, 56.2 ov), 9-226 (Brent Arnel, 56.3 ov), 10-243 (Ewen Thompson, 59.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sajid Mahmood	16	2	77	2	4.81	-	-	-	2	13
Mark Davies	13	2	47	4	3.61	-	-	-	0	0
Liam Plunkett	8	2	23	1	2.87	-	-	-	0	0
Jonathan Trott	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	1
Luke Wright	7	0	33	0	4.71	-	-	-	0	0
Gareth Batty	14.4	4	49	3	3.34	-	-	-	0	0

England Lions 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Moore	c †Young b Franklin	41	108	158	7	0	37.96
Rob Key (c)	lbw b Arnel	38	86	122	5	0	44.18
Jonathan Trott	c Williamson b Thompson	51	60	89	7	0	85.00
Samit Patel	c & b Thompson	16	27	38	2	0	59.25
Joe Denly	b BP Martin	7	13	9	0	1	53.84
Luke Wright	c Redmond b BP Martin	105	96	116	11	1	109.37
Ben Scott †	b Franklin	47	109	112	4	0	43.11
Gareth Batty	c †Young b Franklin	2	8	9	0	0	25.00
Liam Plunkett	c Williamson b Arnel	22	28	30	1	1	78.57
Sajid Mahmood	not out	7	3	6	0	1	233.33
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, nb 4, w 4)	17
Total	89 Ov (RR: 3.96)	353/9d
Did not bat: Mark Davies
Fall of wickets: 1-82 (Rob Key, 29.1 ov), 2-102 (Stephen Moore, 36.5 ov), 3-149 (Samit Patel, 45.5 ov), 4-162 (Joe Denly, 48.5 ov), 5-165 (Jonathan Trott, 49.4 ov), 6-282 (Ben Scott, 77.4 ov), 7-291 (Gareth Batty, 79.5 ov), 8-342 (Liam Plunkett, 87.5 ov), 9-353 (Luke Wright, 88.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Martin	16	2	64	0	4.00	-	-	-	0	0
Ewen Thompson	14	1	72	2	5.14	-	-	-	3	2
Brent Arnel	16	5	39	2	2.43	-	-	-	0	0
James Franklin	16	2	56	3	3.50	-	-	-	1	0
Bruce Martin	27	2	113	2	4.18	-	-	-	0	2

New Zealand A 2nd Innings (T: 457 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aaron Redmond	lbw b Plunkett	55	87	107	10	0	63.21
Jamie How (c)	lbw b Davies	8	12	17	2	0	66.66
Daniel Flynn	c Moore b Plunkett	45	60	107	4	0	75.00
Peter Fulton	c Trott b Batty	45	105	148	7	0	42.85
Kane Williamson	c †Scott b Mahmood	48	88	104	6	0	54.54
James Franklin	c Key b Mahmood	1	8	13	0	0	12.50
Reece Young †	b Trott	59	91	119	5	0	64.83
Iain Robertson	not out	107	148	194	12	2	72.29
Bruce Martin	c Patel b Mahmood	0	8	7	0	0	0.00
Brent Arnel	lbw b Trott	5	39	64	1	0	12.82
Chris Martin	not out	0	8	13	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 19, w 1)	20
Total	109 Ov (RR: 3.60)	393/9
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Jamie How, 4.1 ov), 2-107 (Aaron Redmond, 24.3 ov), 3-124 (Daniel Flynn, 28.2 ov), 4-211 (Kane Williamson, 55.5 ov), 5-217 (James Franklin, 59.2 ov), 6-223 (Peter Fulton, 62.2 ov), 7-370 (Reece Young, 90.1 ov), 8-371 (Bruce Martin, 91.4 ov), 9-393 (Brent Arnel, 105.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Mark Davies	13	1	59	1	4.53	-	-	-	0
Sajid Mahmood	28	4	118	3	4.21	-	-	-	0
Liam Plunkett	21	4	78	2	3.71	-	-	-	1
Jonathan Trott	16	5	33	2	2.06	-	-	-	0
Gareth Batty	24	6	77	1	3.20	-	-	-	0
Samit Patel	3	0	7	0	2.33	-	-	-	0
Luke Wright	4	2	2	0	0.50	-	-	-	0

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Sat, 07 Mar - day 1 - Eng Lions 1st innings 331/9 (Sajid Mahmood 40*, Mark Davies 5*, 90 ov)

Sun, 08 Mar - day 2 - Eng Lions 2nd innings 56/0 (Stephen Moore 29*, Rob Key 25*, 19 ov)

Mon, 09 Mar - day 3 - NZ A 2nd innings 72/1 (Aaron Redmond 27*, Daniel Flynn 28*, 18 ov)

Tue, 10 Mar - day 4 - NZ A 2nd innings 393/9 (109 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

England Lions 1st innings
Drinks: 32/2 in 14.0 overs (SC Moore 16, SR Patel 4)
50 runs in 17.6 overs (109 balls), Extras 2
Lunch: 87/3 in 28.0 overs (SR Patel 40, JL Denly 11)
SR Patel: 50 off 73 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
100 runs in 34.3 overs (209 balls), Extras 3
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 92 balls (SR Patel 39, JL Denly 12, Ex 1)
Drinks: 118/5 in 42.0 overs (LJ Wright 2, BJM Scott 0)
150 runs in 48.3 overs (293 balls), Extras 7
Tea: 187/6 in 56.0 overs (LJ Wright 47, GJ Batty 21)
LJ Wright: 50 off 56 balls (9 x 4)
200 runs in 59.5 overs (363 balls), Extras 9
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (LJ Wright 18, GJ Batty 30, Ex 2)
Drinks: 236/7 in 70.0 overs (GJ Batty 43, LE Plunkett 5)
250 runs in 73.5 overs (447 balls), Extras 9
GJ Batty: 50 off 85 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 76 balls (GJ Batty 29, LE Plunkett 23, Ex 1)
New Ball Taken: 284/8 after 80.1 overs (LE Plunkett 25, SI Mahmood 5)
300 runs in 85.2 overs (519 balls), Extras 14

Day 2

SI Mahmood: 50 off 57 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
New Zealand A 1st innings
Drinks: 35/2 in 10.0 overs (DR Flynn 23, PG Fulton 5)
50 runs in 13.4 overs (88 balls), Extras 6
Lunch: 55/3 in 18.0 overs (DR Flynn 32, KS Williamson 3)
100 runs in 30.5 overs (192 balls), Extras 10
Drinks: 104/5 in 31.0 overs (KS Williamson 20, RA Young 26)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (KS Williamson 27, RA Young 26, Ex 2)
150 runs in 44.2 overs (276 balls), Extras 20
RA Young: 50 off 72 balls (8 x 4)
RA Young: 50 runs in 95 minutes
Tea: 162/6 in 46.0 overs (RA Young 55, EP Thompson 4)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (RA Young 22, EP Thompson 25, Ex 5)
200 runs in 50.4 overs (314 balls), Extras 20
EP Thompson: 50 off 50 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
England Lions 2nd innings
50 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 2
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (SC Moore 28, RWT Key 21, Ex 2)

Day 3

Drinks: 92/1 in 33.0 overs (SC Moore 41, IJL Trott 9)
100 runs in 35.1 overs (211 balls), Extras 8
Lunch: 149/3 in 45.5 overs (IJL Trott 46)
150 runs in 46.3 overs (279 balls), Extras 8
IJL Trott: 50 off 58 balls (7 x 4)
200 runs in 59.6 overs (362 balls), Extras 13
Drinks: 214/5 in 62.0 overs (LJ Wright 30, BJM Scott 18)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls (LJ Wright 28, BJM Scott 22, Ex 3)
250 runs in 70.5 overs (427 balls), Extras 13
LJ Wright: 50 off 52 balls (9 x 4)
6th Wicket: 100 runs in 142 balls (LJ Wright 56, BJM Scott 40, Ex 4)
Tea: 269/5 in 75.0 overs (LJ Wright 61, BJM Scott 41)
300 runs in 80.6 overs (489 balls), Extras 16
LJ Wright: 100 off 91 balls (11 x 4, 1 x 6)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (LJ Wright 27, LE Plunkett 22, Ex 1)
350 runs in 88.3 overs (535 balls), Extras 17
New Zealand A 1st innings
New Zealand A require 457 runs to win off a minimum of 108 overs
EP Thompson will not bat as he has been called into the BLACKCAPS squad for the 4th ODI against India on Wednesday 11th March 2009. He will be replaced in the batting order by the 12th man IA Robertson
50 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 5
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (AJ Redmond 19, DR Flynn 22, Ex 9)

Day 4

100 runs in 22.1 overs (133 balls), Extras 9
AJ Redmond: 50 off 79 balls (9 x 4)
Drinks: 126/3 in 31.0 overs (PG Fulton 7, KS Williamson 2)
150 runs in 41.1 overs (247 balls), Extras 9
Lunch: 170/3 in 48.0 overs (PG Fulton 21, KS Williamson 32)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 125 balls (PG Fulton 18, KS Williamson 32, Ex 0)
200 runs in 53.4 overs (322 balls), Extras 17
250 runs in 67.4 overs (406 balls), Extras 18
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (RA Young 17, IA Robertson 34, Ex 0)
300 runs in 79.1 overs (475 balls), Extras 18
IA Robertson : 50 off 55 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
Tea: 300/6 in 80.0 overs (RA Young 30, IA Robertson 50)
New Ball Taken: 300/6 after 80.1 overs (RA Young 30, IA Robertson 50)
7th Wicket: 100 runs in 126 balls (RA Young 39, EP Thompson 61, Ex 0)
RA Young: 50 off 86 balls (4 x 4)
350 runs in 87.6 overs (528 balls), Extras 20
Drinks: 373/8 in 94.0 overs (EP Thompson 92, BJ Arnel 0)
IA Robertson: 100 off 110 balls (12 x 4, 2 x 6)

Match Details

Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Toss	New Zealand A, elected to field first
Series	England Lions tour of New Zealand
Season	2008/09
Series result	2-match series drawn 0-0
Match days	7,8,9,10 March 2009 - day (4-day match)
NZ-A Player Replacement	Substitute: Iain Robertson in, Ewen Thompson out ()
Umpires	Evan Gray Tim Parlane

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NZ A Innings

Player Name		R	B
AJ Redmond	lbw	55	87
JM How	lbw	8	12
DR Flynn	caught	45	60
PG Fulton	caught	45	105
KS Williamson	caught	48	88
JEC Franklin	caught	1	8
RA Young	bowled	59	91
IA Robertson	not out	107	148
BP Martin	caught	0	8
BJ Arnel	lbw	5	39
CS Martin	not out	0	8
Extras	(lb 19, w 1)
Total	393(9 wkts; 109 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Davies	13	1	59	1	4.53
SI Mahmood	28	4	118	3	4.21
LE Plunkett	21	4	78	2	3.71
IJL Trott	16	5	33	2	2.06
GJ Batty	24	6	77	1	3.2
SR Patel	3	0	7	0	2.33
LJ Wright	4	2	2	0	0.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	15	Jamie How	Aaron Redmond
2nd	92	Aaron Redmond	Daniel Flynn
3rd	17	Peter Fulton	Daniel Flynn
4th	87	Peter Fulton	Kane Williamson
5th	6	James Franklin	Peter Fulton
6th	6	Reece Young	Peter Fulton
7th	147	Reece Young	Iain Robertson
8th	1	Bruce Martin	Iain Robertson
9th	22	Brent Arnel	Iain Robertson
10th	0	Chris Martin	Iain Robertson

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