IXDORE. India. Nov 10 Zimbabwe's Andy Flower warmed up for a Test series against India with an unbeaten cen tury against the National Cricket Academy here on Friday. reports AFP.

The three-day tour opener ended in a tame draw after the tourists opted to bat through most of the final day. rather than set a challenging fourth innings target.

Zimbabwe. vK conceded a one-run first inning • h d to the Academy boys on 'mursday. batted until well after tea to lift their second innings from the overnight 83-2 to 320-5 declared.

The home team, comprising India's future Test hopefuls, were 42-1 in their second knock when the umpires called off the match after 11 overs.

Left Jia tided Flower hit 119 with the help of 14 boundaries before he retired to open the way for teammates to gain useful batting practice.

Flower added 122 for the third wicket with his overnight partner Trevor Madondo (65) and 110 for the fourth with Stuart Carlisle.

Carlisle chipped in with 39

and stand-in captain Guy Whittail made 36 not out to complete a profitable outing for the touring batsmen

Flower and Alistair Campbell, the only ones to have played in all of Zimbabwe's 45 Tests so far. looked in good shape for the upcoming series with centuries in the tour opener.

But there was little gain for the bowlers on the flat Nehru Stadium pitch that produced just 18 wickets over the three

Zimbabwe have another three-day match against the Board President's team at Faridabad from Monday before the first of two back-to-back Tests starts in New Delhi on November 18.

Zimbabwe's only other Test on Indian soil, also at New’ Delhi in 1993. ended in a massive innings defeat for the African nation

SCOREBOARD

Final scoreboard of the three-day tour match between Zimbabwe and (he Indian Na-. tonal Cricket Academy at Indore on Friday:

ZIMBABWE: First innings 322-6 deci (A Campbell I 14 not out. S Carlisle 61: R Patel 3-70)

NCA: First innings .323-6 deci (b Sriram 97. N Patel 87, R Sodhi 55 not out. P Strang 3-821

ZIMBABE: Second innings Marillier 1) Patel 23

Rennie c Ratra b Patel 1

Madondo b S’knshnan 65

A Flower retired 1 19

Carlisle c sub (Dhurv b S'krishnan 39

G Whittali not out 36

Friend b Tripathi 10

B Strang not out I 1

Extras: (b-4: lb-7: nb-5) 16

Total: (For 5 wkts deci) 320

Fall of wickets: 1-9. 2-34. 3-156. 4-266. 5-290

Bowler O M R W

R Patel 10 2 43 2

Tripathi 18 4 48 1

Sodhi 14 0 40 0

Sharandeep 31 6 80 0

S’krishnan 21 3 71 2

Sriram 7 0 21 0

N .Patel 10 6 0

NCA: Second joinings

Ratra lbw b Olonga 6

Dorn not out 12

Gambhir not out 22

Extras: hv-1: nb-11 2

Total: (For 1 wkt) 42

Fall of wicket: 1-10 Bowler OMR W

Olonga 6 0 28 1

B Strang 5 1 14 0

Result: Match drawn.