New Zealand Crushed by NSW

New Zealand have been soundly beaten by nine wickets in their four-day warmup game against New South Wales.

Going into the 4th and final day New South Wales required 129 runs for victory after dismissing New Zealand for 201 in their 2nd innings.

NSW got the target easily only losing Greg Mail for 13 in the process. Jacob Oram was the wicket taker.

The Kiwis now head to Brisbane where the 1st Test starts this Thursday. Stephen Fleming has declared that he's likely to be fit for the game which will be a huge boost for the team.

Score Summary

New Zealand 213 (M Sinclair 88, J Oram 26, S MacGill 4/57, B Lee 3/52)

New South Wales 286 (D Thornely 59, J Krejza 54, I Butler 3/51, J Franklin 3/70)

New Zealand 201 (M Sinclair 79, M Richardson 50, S MacGill 4/52, M Nicholson 2/31)

New South Wales 129/1 (P Jaques 70*, M Phelps 39*, J Oram 1/13)

New South Wales won by 9 wickets

Posted by James