England Struggle on Day 3 of Warm Up
By Dan Rankin
March 1 2013
England were made to work hard on Day 3 of their warm up against a New Zealand XI, in Queenstown, as the visitors slumped to 67-4 in their second innings. Matt Prior led the recovery with 68, as England ended the day, some 333 runs ahead, thanks largely to a generous declaration from the hosts....
Corey Anderson went on the offensive in the morning session for the Kiwi's, blasting 67 from just 62 balls, as New Zealand declared on 249-7, given England plenty more time out in the middle.
However, Nick Compton and Kevin Pietersen both fell cheaply and England were in trouble before a re-jigging of the batting order, saw Prior come in and wrestle the game back towards England.
Tour match, Queenstown (day three of four): England 426 & 256-9 v New Zealand XI 349-7 dec
England: Alastair Cook (C), Nick Compton, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Joe Root, Matt Prior (W), Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Graham Onions
England 2nd Innings 256 for 9 (62.0 overs)
| Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | run out (Broom) | 24 | 35 | 4 | 0 | |
| Compton | c Watling | b Gillespie | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Trott | c Watling | b Gillespie | 20 | 40 | 3 | 0 |
| Pietersen | c Watling | b Wagner | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Prior | c Watling | b Wagner | 68 | 76 | 11 | 0 |
| Root | c Latham | b Cachopa | 17 | 51 | 4 | 0 |
| Woakes | c Rutherford | b Gillespie | 9 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| Bell | c and b | b Cachopa | 38 | 63 | 4 | 0 |
| Broad | c Brownlie | b Gillespie | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| Swann | not out | 41 | 44 | 6 | 1 | |
| Onions | not out | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 12nb 3w 0b 3lb | 18 | ||||
| Total | for 9 | 256 | (62.0 ov) | |||
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