Wright Stars With A Century For Lions Against Kiwis At The Rose Bowl

New Zealand bowled out England Lions for 280 (87.3 overs) on the opening day of their four-day tour fixture at The Rose Bowl on Thursday.

England Lions won the toss and decided to bat as Wright top-scored
with 120.

For New Zealand, the fast bowlers had a field day as Martin, Oram and young Southee all had three wickets against their name. O'Brien claimed the lone wicket.

Scoreboard
England Lions 1st Innings - All out
Carberry c Patel b O'Brien 41
Key lbw b Martin 24
Shah c McCullum b Martin 3
Bopara b Southee 7
Prior c How b Martin 10
Wright c Oram b Southee 120
Rashid c Patel b Oram 27
Swann lbw b Oram 9
Tremlett c McCullum b Oram 3
Hoggard b Southee 28
Onions not out 1
Extras 2nb 5lb 7
Total all out 280 (87.5 ovs)

Bowler
Martin 19 8 58 3
Southee 19.5 5 80 3
O'Brien 15 4 44 1
Oram 15 8 34 3
Patel 19 4 59 0

Fall of wicket
49 Key
53 Shah
68 Bopara
89 Prior
89 Carberry
170 Rashid
186 Swann
196 Tremlett
273 Hoggard
280 Wright

Umpires: M A Gough, J F Steele

England Lions: Carberry, Key, Shah, Bopara, Prior, Wright, Swann, Rashid, Tremlett, Hoggard, Onions

New Zealand: How, Redmond, Marshall, Taylor, Flynn, McCullum, Oram, Southee, Patel, O'Brien, Martin