KEY POINTS:
Chris Martin, Tim Southee and Jacob Oram shone as New Zealand bowled out England A for 280 runs on the opening day of their four-day cricket match at The Rose Bowl in Southampton this morning.
The New Zealand seamers snared three wickets each as they tuned up for the first test at Lords beginning next week.
Martin, Southee and Oram and Iain O'Brien, who picked up the remaining wicket, all played their parts to restrict England A to a snail's pace, scoring at less than two runs an over through the opening session.
Then they struck to snap up five wickets in the middle session to have their opposition struggling at 89 runs for five wickets.
It was left to allrounder Luke Wright to boost the score with a 120 before he was the last man out, giving Oram a catch off Southee.
It was revenge for Southee who saw Wright reach three figures off 119 balls with an arrogant slog-sweep-pull off him.
Along with Jeetan Patel - who deserved better figures than none for 59 off 19 overs for some teasing offspin - all five New Zealand bowlers bowled tightly.
Martin's first seven-over spell cost three runs and Oram began with five consecutive maidens, but when Robert Key and Michael Carberry reached lunch on 48 without loss off 29 overs, a clatter of wickets didn't appear on the cards.
However, Key played across the line to Martin shortly after lunch to herald a collapse of 5-40.
Martin's second wicket came when Owais Shah played a loose push outside off stump and he compounded the Lions' problems by claiming Matt Prior who steered a ball into the hands of Jamie How at gully.
Breaking up Martin's impressive trio, Southee removed Ravi Bopara who dragged the ball into his stumps as he tried to leave.
Southee has had a few back problems in the early stages of this tour and appeared slightly laboured during his two spells in the morning session.
Brendon McCullum, standing in as captain for Vettori, didn't over bowl him but he looked a little short of test readiness.
Opener Michael Carberry was next to go in a limp dismissal when he chipped O'Brien to mid-on.
Wright and Adil Rashid started the recovery process as they added 81 for the seventh wicket.
Oram broke through when Rashid drove low to extra cover and he soon added Graeme Swann, leg before wicket, and Chris Tremlett via a prod to the wicketkeeper.
- NZPA
