Cricket: Oram gets first century of English tour

7.30am

Allrounder Jacob Oram struck the first century of New Zealand's cricket tour of England, with 103 not out on the third day of the four-day match against Worcester at the County Ground today.

Oram was ably aided by Craig McMillan (86 runs) and Daniel Vettori (51) as New Zealand scored 379 before declaring 109 runs ahead of Worcester.

Oram got his 100, which included 14 fours and a six, off 120 balls in 152 minutes.

At close, Worcester were 0-1 with Shane Bond taking the wicket.

SCOREBOARD

Worcester 270-9 declared

New Zealand 1st innings

M Richardson lbw b Harrity 48

M Papps c Hall b Mason 1

S Fleming c Rhodes b Harrity 23

S Styris c Rhodes b Moore 27

C McMillan c Mason b Hall 86

B McCullum lbw b Harrity 4

J Oram not out 103

D Vettori c & b Malik 51

D Tuffey not out 14

Extras (lb6, w8, nb8) 22

Total (7 wickets declared, 85.3 overs) 379

Did not bat: S Bond, C Martin.

Wicketfall: 1-11 (Papps), 2-46 (Fleming), 3-99 (Styris), 4-156 (Richardson), 5-168 (McCullum), 6-251 (McMillan), 7-350 (Vettori).

Bowling: M Mason 17-5-46-1 (1w), M Harrity 22-3-111-3 (2w), M Malik 19-3-57-1 (2w), A Hall 12.3-2-52-1 (7nb), S Moore 4-0-28-1, K Ali 7-0-55-0 (1nb, 2w), G Hick 4-0-24-0 (1w).


Worcestershire 2nd innings

S Peters c McCullum b Bond 0

S Moore not out 0

G Hick not out 0

Extras 0

Total (1 wickets, 2.2 overs) 0

To Bat: A Hall, B Smith, Kadeer Ali, D Pipe, S Rhodes, M Mason, M Malik, M Harrity.

Wicketfall: 1-0 (Peters).

Bowling: S Bond 1.2-1-0-1, C Martin 1-1-0-0.

- NZPA