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Cricket-Pietersen falls for 122 as tour match heads for draw(Reuters)Updated: 2006-11-14 10:38 SYDNEY, Nov 14 - Kevin Pietersen was out for 122 as England were bowled out for 349 just before lunch on the final day of the tour match against New South Wales on Tuesday. Captain Andrew Flintoff became the fourth England batsman to pass fifty before being bowled by Stuart Clark for 62 and Pietersen was finally caught by Brett Lee off Nathan Bracken after hitting two sixes and 18 fours. Wicketkeeper Geraint Jones was bowled by Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath for 13, Ashley Giles bowled by Lee for nine and Steve Harmison bowled by Nathan Bracken for two. McGrath finished with two for 63, Lee two for 57, Clark three for 50 and Bracken two for 51. The game is heading for a draw with two sessions remaining, just nine days before the start of the first Ashes test in Brisbane. England have one more three-day warmup match, against South Australia starting on Friday. New South Wales, who made 355 for nine declared in their first innings, reached five for one at lunch with first-innings centurion Phil Jaques run out for four in the opening over.
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