THE CHINA MAIL,
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1901.
Pago 9
CRAWFORD WHITE, after watching the Australians in action weighs England's chances
Meet Benaud halfway
ENGLAND'S POWER MEN
CAN WIN AT
HIS OWN GAME
TARGET
350 runs a day 22 overs an hour
What kind of a Test series will it be? Australia's captain, Richie Benaud, has made it abundantly clear that, if Englr id's captain is prepared to meet him half way, he is all for putting on the new aval of better cricket in England this summer. That is fine. But I say that England's captain must do more than meet Benoud half way. His job is to beat him at his own game and take the initiative as West Indies did.
For in Colin Cowdrey, Peter May, Ted Dexter, Ken Burring- ton, to name only four, we have The powerful stroke-makers who can do it.
In Australia the arguments have raged on who started the
TED DEXTER Stroke-power can tell
big low-down in Test cricket, and generally. with Button taking the worst beating, Eng- Jand have been blamed.
The fact thai West Indies scored more slowly than Eng- land on their own wickets last winter, and that players like Ken Mackay and Jimmy Burke in recent years have balanced out our own Trevor Balley, is conveniently forgotten.
Leaders
Forgotten, too, in
that
The Bnal analysis of this great series just ended Australia ducked from under The brighter-cricket banner when the pressures were Lesly on in the Inst Test,
a
They crawled home in dther of slow uncertainty of the worst old-deal standard, and that also is overlooked.
But this is not a time for Jooking back or for recrimina- tions, don't care who started the weary business. All I want to see is England and Australia
A THRASHING FOR THE CHAMPIONS?
Softball's top teams SCAA, Cheyennes clash in weekend's main match
By OLLY VAS
The-big game of the week at King's Park will undoubtedly be the return match in the Senior division between Bertie Gosano's Cheyennes and Lo Kar-hing's unbeaten South China AA nine.
These two giants' of the Senior league clash on
this summer
They are still the leading countries of world cricket, and the responsibility indisputably Is theirs.
being big enough to Bnish 11.
How this series is played in going to matter for more than who wins.
Cynics will say that is the oldosí platitude in the business. But right now it happens to be vitally true.
This last series in Australin will not be remembered for that
KEN BARRINGTON More stroke-power
crawling Australion-win-by-two wickets. It will be remembered for the glorious stroke-play of Kanhai, Werrell, Sobers, O'Neill, and, occasionally, Simpson. Benaud, and Davidson.
It will be remembered for the spirit of the two teums--until the last Test willing to lel
Sunday at 1.30 pm and there should be a large adventure return to the game. crowd at the ball park to watch this game.
winner, Franess
da Silva but even falte plays this week their elding will let them ciown.
The New Asia Collcglans and the Stordusis are featured in the opening game of the weekend when they eress bats at 2.00 pm tomorrow.
Lionel Dayaram's boys found
by
the At 11 am
Wolves play the going somewhat rough the Servicemen from Fanling, by Antelopes, managed against the Collegians at their the
Both Benny Maybeld. first-round meeting though Burry
and triumphing
the buys five-run Constantino's a
have very little margin, but are still the logical Antelopea choice to win tomorrow's playing experience, but a lot of spirit and enthusiasm and since their standard of play is of the same level we can expect result to be a close one.
match.
The Collegions have improved tremendously in recent weeks but not sufficiently enough upset the opposition.
to
Could repeat
the
I envisage another Stardust victory which will ensure that they
The Wolves beat the Service- stay firmly In the
men by a single run in the runners-up position they now occupy. However, there should first-round game and could re- not be more than a handful peal but I pick the Antelopes
Vof runs separating the teams.
One-sided
one-sided
game
to reverse the decision this time,
Which softball fan can ever forget Dave Malig's disastrous
for the should showing
Cheyennes follow when the Indians curse against SCAA only a few
He issued There months ago?
A
up against the Wolves.
Those were what thrilled the and produced that stations
90,800 crowd in world record that £40,000 faul bolile.
And those are the qualities the English public has the right to expect this summer.
I would rather see England lose trying the new way than win in the crawl of the old.
£30,000 profit for West Indies cricketers
Port-of-Spain, Mar. 2. The West Indies' chare of the profit from their cricket tour of Australia is 144,000 West Indian dollars (£30,000), Mr Max Mar- shall, assistant manager of the touring team, said here on Tues- day night.
The money will be used for subsidising Inter-colony matches
10 and settling other financial
is much at stake for the Indians, walks then and the Cheyennes commitments faced by the West
for they have two
three lost the game 2-4 but since thenIndies Board of Control, welcome ald-China Mail Special. players in the running for the Mallg has made a Junior batting title and in suft- return to pitching form, ball pariance both Ricky Oliveira and Johnny Chaves should 'talten their batting averages against the pitching of Bonnie Castro.
That Alex Broga's team will win this malch there is no doubt at all but can they do so by an even greater mørgin than the last time? They accounted for the
BCAA are not going to get
so many lucky break this
Uime for on Sunday they CHESS
be up against a team which boasts air-tight fleiding and An awesome array of batters all of whom are capable of knocking the ball over the right-field fence.
SCAA have already won the Wolves to the tune of 20-1 earlier Senior championship and are sheet clean, in the season and if they go all out to keep their
out to seare the runs they can having won seven games in again pile up a biję score.
Iow but
If determination and memories of a humiliating de- The ladies get Sunday's pro- gramme off to a very early start cat are the basis for a pre-
Rámc forecast when the Torerca and the SCA Cheyennes to hand out the big- pick the nine get together for a 9.30 am gest thrashing ever to
tue ade meeting.
ministered ta ahy reigning The SCAA girin beut the
I should be champion tenni.
Toreros 18-0 once before and surprised if it turns out any this is a clear Indication of the other way. big difference in the standard of
play of the two teams.
The Caroliners are
good, on present form,
The last match of the day at 3 pm will see the Taiwan 100
lodles team. Man Bleuar in for
By LEONARD BARDEN
he
Here is a position from Actual play: Black to thove and win.
threat 2 Kt-ktai, ri-ka; a Salution, No. 1987: 10-RI
any other local team and it/Detion instead of the Junior -08, or 1 ̧.· › Ht—K12; 2 goes without saying that they Lengue's · Austers and Indians-R8, or 1 ... HtxQP 2
will run up anather ble neÚTO against the Toreros, - The Tdroits llave bequired
the
as originally scheduled. The
Taiwan visitors are expected to ÖXEL, or 1 ....... Ki(BE) else: 2 BRP, OF 1.„KIXBP, 2 Dyki, or. 1.... KI—BI; 2 KE--K3,
Bandon Kapler Bervice,
arrive tomorrow morning and will play the SCAA cervices of twice-MVP on Sunday.
girls
We have had previous pro- mises of brighter Cricket season without much re- after season sult. Always the technicians of the game, found excuses,
Faster
In Austraila Benaud had his sight on at least 300 runs a day
I suggest England's espialn rales is to 350. England's over-rate also has to be step. ped up to an average of 20 to 22 an hour.
Field
silaker,
tensely
have changes
to be
and that small but in- · Il-mannered failing of
Incoming batsmen who keep the crowds waiting has to be cut cut.
Batsmen Inust meet on the feld-well on.
I
suggest
that,
Finally, instead of each team having its own private tactics talk over dinner on the eve of each Test, the two trams should dine together.
Keep tactics for the dressing- room. Let's develop the friend- ships Let's have teams looking as if they fre enjoying their
cricket,
It can be a gloriour series. 1 fact, it must be.
TOMORROW:
Crawford White analyses Australia's strength-and weaknesses.
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