Fleming and Bond continue NZ's winning form

New Zealand 231 for 9 (50 overs, Fleming 100, Mills 47*, van der Wath 4-31) beat South Africa A 128 (33.5 overs, Ontong 37, Bond 5-37) by 103 runs
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After easing themselves to a 19-run win against South Africa A on Friday, New Zealand continued their good form in completing an emphatic 103-run win on Sunday at Potchefstroom. Stephen Fleming, leading from the front, made an elegant century and struck 16 fours in his 114-ball innings.

His innings was all the more impressive considering the wickets that fell around him: Nathan Astle went without scoring, Lou Vincent for 14, Hamish Marshall for a duck and Jacob Oram and Craig McMillan fell for single figures. Fleming found support from Brendon McCullum (37) with whom he put on 51 for the sixth wicket. When Fleming was dismissed by the spin of Robin Peterson for exactly 100, Kyle Mills took up the attack and made a vital 47 at nearly a run-a-ball, to help New Zealand reach the respectable score - if not a dominating one - of 231 for 9.

South Africa A were then undone by tight, disciplined bowling from New Zealand - initially from Jacob Oram and Nathan Astle. The pair both conceded less than three per over, and the pressure they created allowed Shane Bond to wreck the home side's chances. Bond took 5 for 37 in five overs, as South Africa crumbled from 123 for 6 to 128 all out. Only Justin Ontong could reach the thirties and their captain, Jacques Rudolph, made just 20.

"It's too early to be concerned about the top-order," Fleming told the New Zealand website Stuff, "because it's pretty hot here and the guys have spent the last few weeks practising indoors.

"It will take a bit of adjustment. Kyle Mills was cooked by the heat today; after bowling five overs he was in lala land and it was pretty important to get him off as soon as possible."

New Zealand play a Twenty20 international against the senior South African side at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Friday. They play the first of five one-day internationals in Bloemfontein the following Sunday.