England Lions 316 (Flintoff 108, Davies 76, Whitney 4-72) and 276 for 9 (Coles 67, Hurst 53, Elliott 3-38) drew with Cricket Australia XI 214 (Hicks 64, Brown 5-21) and 442 for 9 dec (Ward 120, Clayton 84, Hackney 70*, Radhakrishnan 58, Prepare dinner 4-47)
Half-centuries from Matt Hurst and James Coles rebuilt the Lions innings after that they had slipped to 21 for 4, earlier than the tail held on regardless of Jem Ryan and Sam Elliott claiming three wickets apiece.
The Lions innings had run into bother when Elliott struck twice in as many balls, eradicating Hamza Shaikh and James Rew, to depart the vacationers 4 down inside 9 overs.
Opener Ben McKinney counter-attacked with 47 earlier than Hurst and Coles started working on balancing a salvage job with holding a still-achievable victory goal inside their scope.
Hurst was judged leg earlier than after transferring down the wicket and trying to engineer a shot to leg off Elliott earlier than Coles pulled Ryan to Hackney as the sphere had began to unfold.
First-innings centurion Rocky Flintoff was forged into a special function, his affected person 28 from 64 balls befitting the scenario, whereas Shoaib Bashir (24) batted for an hour earlier than Hugo Burdon discovered his off stump. Final pair Tongue and Prepare dinner accomplished the rearguard by surviving 45 balls, because the Lions reached stumps on 276 for 9.
The Lions now flip their consideration to subsequent week’s first-class match in opposition to Australia A in Sydney, which begin on 30 January.
