New Zealand A have fought back to have victory within their grasp over Hampshire at Portsmouth. Set to score 337 (the biggest innings of the match)the tourists need to score only 144 more runs with 8 wickets in hand.

Mark Richardson (85) and James Marshall (69) punished a below-strength county side. The former hit eight boundaries in 163 balls at the crease. The more sedate Marshall was missed twice and was out to the next-to-last over of the day after batting for 255 minutes with seven boundaries in his highest score of the tour to date.

The visitors closed at 193-2 after Hampshire had been put out for 285 with Kendall hitting 92 and Udal 85 in the face of effective bowling - Lance Hamilton (4-85).

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