QUEENSTOWN (New Zealand), March 4: Otago hung on for a draw on the third and final day of the tour match against England Monday.
The home team’s victory target of 261 in 45 overs was never a realistic one and they suffered a top-order collapse to slide to 34 for four.
England paceman Andy Caddick did the damage, taking three for 43 to add to his first innings haul of four for 42, but Otago eventually finished on 124 for six with Craig Cumming 57 not out.
Earlier, Otago declared at their overnight 150 for six, three runs short of England’s first innings 153.
ENGLAND (1st Innings) 153 (C.R. Pryor 5-45).
OTAGO (1st Innings) 150-6 dec (A.R. Caddick 4-42).
ENGLAND (2nd Innings):
M.A. Butcher c Pryor b Walmsley 0
M.E. Trescothick c Beare b Sewell 68
G.P. Thorpe b Walmsley 0
M.R. Ramprakash c Beare b W’sley 42
U. Afzaal c Cumming b Sewell 30
A. Flintoff lbw b Sewell 0
C. White c Lawson b Walmsley 0
W.K. Hegg c Drew b Walmsley 12
R.K.J. Dawson not out 35
J. Ormond c Cumming b Morland 38
A.R. Caddick c Gaffaney b Beare 16
EXTRAS (B-10, LB-4, W-1, NB-1) 16
TOTAL (all out, 57.1 overs) 257
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-7, 3-106, 4-139, 5-139, 6-148, 7-155, 8-162, 9-224.
BOWLING: Walmsley 15-4-51-5 (1nb); McMillan 7-3-6-0; Sewell 13-2-78-3 (1w); Pryor 10-0-58-0; Beare 4.1-0-11-1; Morland 8-1-39-1.
OTAGO (2nd Innings):
R.A. Lawson c Hegg b Caddick 11
B.B. McCullum c Hegg b Ormond 19
C.D. Cumming not out 57
C.B. Gaffaney lbw b Caddick 0
S.P. Beare b Caddick 0
C.R. Pryor c and b White 10
D.J. Drew c Hegg b White 0
N.D. Morland not out 19
EXTRAS (LB-6, NB-2) 8
TOTAL (for six wkts, 42 overs) 124
FALL OF WKTS: 1-30, 2-34, 3-34, 4-34, 5-57, 6-61.
BOWLING: Caddick 14-3-43-3 (1nb); Ormond 12-3-37-1 (1nb); White 7-3-7-2; Butcher 2-0-17-0; Dawson 7-1-14-0.—Reuters