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DROPPED BEFORE HE HAD SCORED

Amar Nath In Deadly Form

Bombay, December 14.

If a simple catch at short leg had been held, Lord Tennyson's XI. might ROW be struggling instead of needing only 81 runs to win the second unofficial Test against All-India, with six wie- kets in hand, here to-morrow.

Edrich, who has made 51 of the tourists' 90 for four wickets, so far, was dropped before he had scored.

Amar Singh was the luckless bowler. He had previously trapped Farks into a weak stroke into mid- on's safer hands, and he also beat Hardstaff with a r

good length ball that just lifted the bails..

GOOD CAPTAINCY

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V. M. Merchant then what a good captain he is by bring- ing on Amar Nath, who had pre- viously bowled N. W. D. Yardley three times during the tour. After the Yorkshire amateur had scored 2, his stumps were again spread- eagled, and the tourists, set to get 171, had lost three valuable wickets for 20.

The Indians took their overnight. total of 68 for four to 208, thanks to another fine innings of 88 by Mankad. In this 22-year-old bats- man, who was top scorer in both innings, India have made a dis-

covery.

P. A. Gibb brought off a remark- able catch-his seventh and best of the match-to dismiss Gamruddin.

SECRETS OF CRICKET SUCCESS

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forward to it. My scores of 344 for M.C.C. v. Kent, and 318 not out for Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire, în 1876, were made on wickets of that. kind, and I played forward to near- ly every good-length ball.

ON SLOW WICKET

“I carry out the same principle on a fast, good, WET wicket: for the bowler has much difficulty in getting work on the ball, owing to its wet, slippery state, but I watch the ball more carefully, for I know it will occasionally keep low and travel faster after it pitches, white shooters occur more frequently than on a dry wicket.

"On a slow good wicket after rain the bowler can get more work on the ball than on a good fast: wicket; but the ball does not come so quickly off the pitch, and it rare-- ly rises higher than the bails. You, can play either back or forward on a wicket of that kind, according to the pitch of the ball; but in play- ing forward you must not play too quickly, as the balt sometimes hangs a bit, and you may play it back to the bowler. Turner beat me with his second ball in that way in the second innings of the Eug- |land v. Australia, match at Lord's- in 1890. It candidly. confess I felt, and daresay I looked, particularly foolish over it. Playing a little too soon at the ball, which got up and hung, I met it on the shoulder the bat, and an easy catch to Turn- er followed.

“In the second innings the wic- ket was much faster and felt quite at home and played forward with perfect com

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