01 June 2004	Tuesday	12 Rabi-us-Saani 1425

LEICESTER, May 31: New Zealand batsman Craig McMillan is due to discover on Tuesday if he will be fit enough to face England in this week's second Test at Headingley.

McMillan was forced to retire hurt while batting against Leicestershire's Darren Maddy at Grace Road on Sunday.

New Zealand manager Lindsay Crocker, speaking after his side completed the first win of their tour by a massive 328 runs here on Monday, said: "He (McMillan) has re-broken the little finger of his left hand.

"The situation is as it was last time (at Lord's) where he continued to play. We'll see how painful it is for him to hold the bat. "It is still pretty sore and swollen at the moment, and we are waiting for it to settle and the bruising to die down a bit. "But the plan is that he will have a bat tomorrow and see how he feels. "We have also decided to call up Mathew Sinclair, who is over here playing in the East Anglian League, as cover for us in case of any further injuries," Crocker added.

New Zealand need to win at Headingley to square the three-match series at 1-1 after their seven-wicket defeat at Lord's. Against Leicestershire they were boosted by Daniel Vettori's haul of five for 92, the left-arm spinner's first five wickets in an innings haul for two-and-a-half years, as the hosts were bowled out for 232 in their second innings.

Only Maddy and opener John Maunders offered any kind of resistance as Leicestershire chased a massive 561 for victory, the duo putting on 86 for the third wicket.

Scoreboard

NEW ZEALAND (1st Innings):

M.H.W. Papps c Robinson b Dakin 0

S.P. Fleming c Robinson b Dagnall 56

N.J. Astle lbw b Masters 93

S.B. Styris c New b Brignull 2

C.D. McMillan c and b Masters 43

B.B. McCullum lbw b Dagnall 65

C.L. Cairns c New b Masters 0

G.J. Hopkins c Robinson b Brignull 71

D.L. Vettori c New b Dagnall 31

K.D. Mills not out 42

C.S. Martin b Maddy 2

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, W-2) 8

TOTAL (all out, 111 overs) 413

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-95, 3-104, 4-198, 5-207, 6-207, 7-291, 8-344, 9-392.

BOWLING: Dakin 23-5-61-1; Masters 23-4-92-3; Dagnall 26-4-92-3; Brignull 19-0-78-2; Snape 6-1-23-0; Maddy 14-1-61-1.

LEICESTERSHIRE (1st Innings):

D.D.J. Robinson lbw b Martin 13

J.K. Maunders b Cairns 85

D.I. Stevens lbw b Cairns 14

D.L. Maddy lbw b Vettori 23

J.L. Sadler lbw b Vettori 15

J.N. Snape lbw b Martin 0

T.J. New b Vettori 18

J.M. Dakin b Cairns 10

D.D. Masters c Styris b Cairns 9

C.E. Dagnall c sub b Vettori 2

D.S. Brignull not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-10, NB-11) 21

TOTAL (all out, 60.4 overs) 210

FALL OF WKTS: 1-39, 2-61, 3-106, 4-146, 5-151, 6-188, 7-198, 8-198, 9-201.

BOWLING: Martin 13-2-46-2; Mills 9-2-35-0; Styris 5-3-11-0; Cairns 13.4-4-48-4; Vettori 20-4-60-4.

NEW ZEALAND (2nd Innings):

M.H.W. Papps c Maddy b Dagnall 20

S.P. Fleming b Maddy 95

S.B. Styris lbw b Dagnall 13

C.D. McMillan retired hurt 68

C.L. Cairns c Masters b Stevens 62

D.L. Vettori c Maunders b Sadler 77

K.D. Mills not out 7

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-4, W-3, NB-2) 15

TOTAL (for five decl, 69.4 overs) 357

FALL OF WKTS: 1-38, 2-64, 3-193, 4-296, 5-357.

BOWLING: Dakin 12-1-57-0; Dagnall 21-0-90-2; Masters 12-2-43-0; Brignull 10-3-43-0; Maddy 6-1-36-1; Robinson 3-0-26-0; Stevens 4-0-30-1; Sadler 1.4-0-22-1.

LEICESTERSHIRE (2nd Innings, overnight 68-2):

D.D.J. Robinson c Hopkins b Martin 2

J.K. Maunders c Hopkins b Mills 54

D.I. Stevens lbw b Mills 9

D.L. Maddy c Fleming b Vettori 87

J.L. Sadler b Cairns 18

T.J. New c Papps b Vettori 2

J.N. Snape c McCullum b Mills 5

J.M. Dakin c Papps b Vettori 0

D.D. Masters c Styris b Vettori 9

C.E. Dagnall c Martin b Vettori 17

D.S. Brignull not out 0

EXTRAS (B-12, LB-5, W-2, NB-10) 29

TOTAL (all out, 79.3 overs) 232

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-38, 3-124, 4-165, 5-173, 6-186, 7-187, 8-208, 9-229.

BOWLING: Martin 11-4-26-1 (1w); Mills 16-2-51-3 (4nb); Cairns 16-2-34-1 (6nb, 1w); Vettori 30.3-6-92-5; Styris 6-2-12-0.

RESULT: New Zealand won by 328 runs. -Agencies