Palmerston North: Sunday 15 March 2009 21:30 (50-over match) (day 1 of 2)

Result: New Zealand A won by 6 wickets
Points: New Zealand A 0 (match:0, bonus:0)

Toss: England Lions
Umpires: E A Watkin, W R Knights

Match summary (at Close)

England Lions			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
JL Denly	c EP Thompson	b NL McCullum	68	78	8	0
*RWT Key	c SB Styris	b EP Thompson	21	18	3	0
IJL Trott	run out		48	51	6	0
SR Patel	run out		27	36	1	0
EJG Morgan		b NL McCullum	0	7	0	0
SC Moore	c MJ Mason	b BJ Diamanti	29	45	1	0
GR Napier	c MJ Mason	b WC McSkimming	22	18	2	1
+BJM Scott		b BJ Diamanti	31	24	4	0
LE Plunkett	lbw	b SB Styris	8	11	0	0
SI Mahmood	not out		13	13	1	0
RH Joseph	not out		4	3	0	0
Extras	(b 0, lb 0, nb 4, w 9)		13
Total	(Close, 50 overs)		284

Fall of Wickets:
1-36 (36 RWT Key, 24 mins), 2-138 (102 JL Denly, 70 mins), 3-146 (8 IJL Trott, 9 mins), 4-148 (2 EJG Morgan, 7 mins), 5-189 (41 SR Patel, 38 mins), 6-208 (19 SC Moore, 13 mins), 7-226 (18 GR Napier, 9 mins), 8-249 (23 LE Plunkett, 14 mins), 9-274 (25 BJM Scott, 17 mins)

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Extras
EP Thompson	8	0	50	1	(2nb, 2w)
MJ Mason	9	0	71	0	(2nb)
WC McSkimming	9	0	54	1	-
NL McCullum	10	0	41	2	-
BJ Diamanti	9	0	49	2	(2w)
SB Styris	5	0	19	1	-

New Zealand A			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
AJ Redmond	c JL Denly	b GR Napier	17	32	2	0
PJ Ingram		b LE Plunkett	38	37	6	0
JAH Marshall	not out		125	112	11	0
SB Styris	c EJG Morgan	b LE Plunkett	21	21	2	0
SL Stewart	c BJM Scott	b IJL Trott	1	9	0	0
*+GJ Hopkins	not out		66	67	4	0
Extras	(b 0, lb 6, nb 1, w 10)		17
Total	(Close, 46.1 overs)		285

Did not bat:
NL McCullum, EP Thompson, MJ Mason, WC McSkimming, BJ Diamanti

Fall of Wickets:
1-26 (26 AJ Redmond, 27 mins), 2-91 (65 PJ Ingram, 33 mins), 3-126 (35 SB Styris, 22 mins), 4-138 (12 SL Stewart, 15 mins)

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Extras
GR Napier	8.1	1	46	1	(1w)
SI Mahmood	8	0	50	0	(1nb)
RH Joseph	4	0	29	0	(1w)
LE Plunkett	7	0	32	2	(2w)
SR Patel	10	0	57	0	-
IJL Trott	7	0	44	1	-
SC Moore	1	0	11	0	(2w)
JL Denly	1	0	9	0	-