NZ settle for draw

Published November 5, 2001

BRISBANE, Nov 4: New Zealand completed their preparations for the first Test against Australia when their four-day tour match against Queensland ended in a draw Sunday.

Scoreboard

NEW ZEALAND (1st Innings) 444-9 dec (N.J. Astle 223, S.P. Fleming 69).

QUEENSLAND (1st Innings) 347 (M.L. Hayden 97; C.L. Cairns 5-71).

NEW ZEALAND (2nd Innings, overnight 53-3):

M.H. Richardson c Seccombe b K’wicz 0

M.D. Bell lbw b Bichel 4

M.S. Sinclair c Love b Johnson 80

S.P. Fleming c Seccombe b Bichel 0

C.D. McMillan c Law b Kasprowicz 43

A.C. Parore c sub b Symonds 24

C.L. Cairns not out 31

N.J. Astle not out 9

EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-18) 22

TOTAL (for six dec, 53.5 overs) 213

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-9, 3-9, 4-104, 5-167, 6-185.

BOWLING: Kasprowicz 13-2-39-2 (4nb); Bichel 12-2-43-2 (6nb); Noffke 8-2-32-0 (2nb); Johnson 13-4-42-1 (6nb); Law 1-1-0-0; Symonds 6.5-0-53-1.

QUEENSLAND (2nd Innings):

J.P. Maher b Martin 62

M.L. Love lbw b Sulzberger 42

C.T. Perren not out 47

A. Symonds c O’Connor b S’berger 47

W.A. Seccombe c sub b O’Connor 0

S.G. Law not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-2) 4

TOTAL (for four wkts, 42 overs) 202

FALL OF WKTS: 1-78, 2-119, 3-182, 4-188.

BOWLING: Cairns 10-0-39-0 (2nb); O’Connor 9-2-18-1; Sulzberger 11-0-75-2; Martin 10-0-59-1; McMillan 2-0-9-0.

RESULT: Match drawn.—Reuters

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