Derby: New Zealand made a promising start to their tour of England as Dean Brownlie and BJ Watling scored half-centuries in their opening match against Derbyshire on Saturday.
The tourists are warming up for their Test series against England, which starts at Lord's on May 16, and they recovered from a sloppy start to get a useful knock against their county championship opponents.
Both Hamish Rutherford and Peter Fulton went in the first 13 overs, but Brownlie and Watling shared a century stand before the tourists declared on 289 for five, with Mark Footitt taking four for 65 for Derbyshire.
That gave the Black Caps bowlers 12 overs before stumps and Neil Wagner broke through just before the close when he bowled Chesney Hughes for nine to leave Derbyshire on 24 for one....
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11:50 PM, May 04, 2013
Dale Steyn took three wickets and Morne Morkel claimed two in the morning session as New Zealand slumped to a 2-0 series whitewash. ... 
Andre Russell claimed 4-45 as West Indies limited New Zealand to 190-9 off 50 overs which West Indies chased with ease riding on the half-centuries by Chris Gayle and Dwayne Snmith. ... 
The Kiwi expects pitches in WI to be similar to the ones that Australia played on during their series in April. ... 
