New Zealand A win one-day warm-up

New Zealand A 337 for 5 (Vincent 93, Hopkins 56) beat Pretoria High School Old Boys 236 for 7 (van Woerkom 101, Sherlock 5-59) by 101 runs
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New Zealand A beat Pretoria High School Old Boys (PHSOB), the MTN National Club champions, by 101 runs in a one-day warm-up game at Willowmoore Park, Benoni. Losing the toss, New Zealand managed 337 for 5 with Lou Vincent top-scoring with a 76-ball 93. PHSOB were then restricted to 236 for 7, despite a century from Nick van Woerkom. Richard Sherlock, though slightly on the expensive side, was the pick of the New Zealand bowlers, taking 5 for 59.

PHOSB had started steadily, with Cobus Pienaar grabbing the wickets of both openers before they had really settled, but Ross Taylor and Vincent then took control of the match with a 96-run stand, which ended when Taylor was run out for 65. Gareth Hopkins and Vincent then put on 104 to keep the momentum going in the final overs, and New Zealand set a very imposing total.

The Old Boys' reply got off to a terrible start, with the top four batsmen all dismissed cheaply, before a fighting 74-run partnership between van Woerkom and Roelf van der Merwe, who was a member of South Africa's Under-19 squad at this year's World Cup, saved their blushes. But the asking rate was always above them, and the match was easily won despite van Woerkom's heroics.

New Zealand A face South Africa A in the first of three one-day matches starting at the Wanderers on Wednesday.