Andrew Strauss and Joe Denly led the England charge with half-centuries at the De Beers Diamond Oval to give their side a comprehensive victory in their second tour match against the Warriors.

They beat the hosts by eight wickets, finishing on 256 for two, with the captain not out on 117, and Denly having contributed 82 before being caught out by Siyamthanda Ntshona at long-on off the bowling of Darryl Brown.

Their performance was an emphatic response to a target of 255, built around an unbeaten 83 from Arno Jacobs and 50 from captain Davey Jacobs.

Denly smashed the first boundary at the end of the first over to set the tone, with Andrew Birch veering down the leg-side and dispatched through midwicket.

The Kent batsman edged the same bowler away through the slip region for his second boundary, before watching Strauss score four fours and a six over long-off to help his side reach 50 in just the ninth over.

Darryl Brown was brought into the attack and almost got the breakthrough when a Strauss drive fell just short of a diving Arno at mid-off.

England ended the first fifteen overs at 84 for no loss, Strauss bringing up his half-century from 51 balls with a single off Corbyn Dolley through extra cover.

The 100 followed in the nineteenth over, and with a solid platform in place, they began to accelerate their scoring.

Denly reached his own half-century from 60 deliveries, scoring his first six just before the 150 in the 25th over, and then hitting another off Brown over the long-on fence, before he fell to end a 175-run opening stand.

Earlier, it was Arno that had turned on the style for his side. He and his namesake Davey were largely responsible for getting their side above 250, thanks to a 130-run partnership, and overshadowing a good bowling display from Graeme Swann, the only England bowler to really shine. England's attack were missing Graham Onions, who was not risked because of lower back trouble, and Stuart Broad, who is being rested for two games after jarring his right shoulder in the opening win against the Diamond Eagles.

Warriors: J P Kreusch, R R Jeggels, C A Ingram, A Jacobs, D J Jacobs (capt, wkt), C A Thyssen, P J van Biljon, J Theron, D L Brown, A Birch, C R Dolley.

England: A J Strauss (capt), J L Denly, A N Cook, P D Collingwood, E J G Morgan, M J Prior (wkt), T T Bresnan, A U Rashid, G P Swann, S I Mahmood, J M Anderson.

Warriors won toss and decided to bat

Umpires: M Erasmus and B G Jerling