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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 6, 1989

Wickets Topple, But Hutton Gets His 100 Sober, Sterling And Worth A Lot To The Side

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C. B. Fry, internationally-known authority on cricket, is writing a ser- ies of commentaries on the three Test matches between England and West Indies, and also the Gentlemen v Players match, exclusively for the "China Mail."

C. B. FRY SAYS

-POSITION OF THE GAME-AT

CLOSE OF PLAY ON THE FIRST DAY WAS:-

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WEST INDIES-277

ENGLAND-11 for 0.

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Lord's, June 26.

wispy sun-

Gimblett, I have seen only, once before, when he scored a firm 60 on a wet wicket here against India. Solid and square of build he is like Leslie Ames with Walter Ham-

•mond's high shoulders.

Hutton is shaping well with slim neat command of the bowling.

Both men after half an hour look like runs. The score is 31. We ought soon to see Leurie Constantine before the pair are too well set.

Amusing Bowler

Forty minutes' play. Then it is Learie for Martindale from the Nur- sery end. Learie is pretty fast, with extreme variations, including a slow leg-break. He has a fielder straight. behind himself, a sort of long-stop at the wrong end. An amusing bowler. A cargo of tricks.

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** * Another change is Cameron, the slow ex-Cantab. A change fatal to Gimblett. With his second ball he beat the batsman with one that pitch. ed on the leg stump and hit the top of the middle.

has bowled very well all the time on a wicket that does not favour pace. He is faster than any of ours, and has good control.

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off his first ball from Martindale, and another to the wicket-keeper on

the leg side. Both catches odds against being held.

Then Hutton sliced an off-drive off Our total is 71 for one, with Hut- Cameron into Hylton's boots at short ton at 31 well set but unaggressive. slip. Hylton was standing about 6ft. The light flatters itself by the term, a 6in, upright, three yards from the bat, blighty gloom. Consequently a break and his ample hands arrived too late. in the play after an appeal · against. the light.

Sprinting Singles

It looks as if everywhere else in London is enjoying a thunderstorm when play is continued. Hutton and in Paynter sprint singles four times an over from Martindale,

Cameron pushes up his teasers with the Pavilion behind him. Paynter's efforts to obliterate cover-point are well meant, but too direct.":

Hylton is on again. He has bowled his mediums well. He has a good ball that runs away.

There are 170 runs on the board for three wickets. This is a three-day match. It is time someone takes a

run at Cameron and clumps him. Otherwise he will keep the scoring al- together too quiet,

At last some more Constantine. Cameron is taken off. The score is 184. He has bowled since it was 48; a long spell of accurate slow bowling; he has all the three wickets that have been taken. An excellent perform-

For the first time we see Clarke, a medium-pace right-hander of the standard type.

ance.

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The West Indian captain has man- Compton is having a good try to aged his bowling well, He might, brisk the scoring. He has the knack though, have tried Constantine from of imparting vim to his strokes. But the Pavilion end. The field has been I do not like his hook, even when he well placed, except that Cameron brings it off; he does not get across should have" his mid-on much wider enough outside the line of the ball for Paynter, and Hylton his slips two with his right foot. The essence of yards closer up.

Not but what he is a fine. young controlling this stroke.

all sorts of strong batsman, with strokes and a merry nature of play- ing

Our hundred is on the board. Hut ton is proceeding. Paynter is warm- ing up and getting busy. Within an- other two minutes Hutton has his first fifty.

Slips Too Deep

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The two hundred goes up, and Hut- ton is closing on his patient century. The last over before. tea is Martin- dale's, and his third ball was turned to leg by Hutton for a two that gives him his well-earned century.

Gimblett was late with his leisurely back stroke. All the same I like Gim- blett as an opening batsman. No non-. 'sense about him. His 22 was an accom- plished piece of work. Score 49 for one and Paynter to the crease.

A corroboration of me about Hyl Round about

are seeing noon we

Paynter is quasi-caught A little sober, perhaps, but a sterl- some useful bowling by Cameron. This ton's slips.

Two ing opening batsman's innings. He stocky purveyor of guile keeps a neat at second slip just off the turf.. accurate length with his slows and yards up and the catch would have has been worth a great deal to his

He been pouched with ease.

side to-day.: does not try for too much spin.

The reappears. Paynter let him- Without doubt Compton properly is urges the ball into the air with a drop-

When he puts abortive cut, which bat against ball the sphere is trans- Then flashes an

The lad cost him his wicket. A snick to the lated with kinetic energy. gloves. Two men out for 119:

has a short swing but a merry one. Hylton bowls the last over to Hut-

Telepathy or no, he has. begun to ton; the slips still too deep. Walter hook in the right way. now and this watches.

sort of hook counts four.

THIS morning some WisPicket ping flight. The batsman has got to self loose in a line hool of Cameron. Without doubt Comp

But not properly fast.

Hutton and Gimblett, who be- gan nicely in the gloom last week, resumed their steady treatment of Martindale, the galloping swif-. tster, and of Hylton, the lanky swinger. Martindale reminds me of Mohammed Nissar, the Indian. Hylton is a blend of Bowes, Ma- jor Nayudu and Hugh Trumble.

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carve out his own strokes; he cannot use the pace. of the ball for cuts and

diversions.

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Appeal Succeeds

Hutton has

maintained a steady The truth is, except for a couple of

No mistakes cuts each by Gimblett and Hutton, we

The game on an even keel: strokes, have not seen many light has grown dull and the ball does and much wise cricket. Not a highly- not travel much from the bat over the coloured innings. Pastel shades; but

dead outfield.

Some more Martindale; and a swish or two by Paynter. The fast bowler

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Lunch score still 119 for two.

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The sun has taken advantage the interval to retire again.

The light is that of Brighton Aqua- rium pre-war. Nevertheless, Ham-. mond appears thus early as a grown- up batsman, with power in his strokes. One used to feel this of W. G. The score is now 129, as it was five min- utes ago, when gloom stopped play.

Later visibility still inadequate, Later still. The umpires are out on the pitch looking at, or for, the light.

Play In Lesser Gloom

They have found it. Hutton

and

What one notices about Compton is that his bat gathers weight from an apparently small effort. He has scor- ed 60 and the total is 270.

Then Compton is missed at square leg off Constantine. A difficult run- hing catch. This was the uncontroll- ed hook. Hutton is beginning to drive.

Since tea these two desirables have scored at the rate of 105. runs per hour. Nor has the bowling been loose.

Three hundred goes up. Both men still urging the pace.

Hutton's 150. He raises his cap with an air; he had proper practice of this at the Oval last summer, His innings is growing into a notable one.

Compton nails his century to the big black board with a fine straight drive off Cameron. An exhilarating innings and a timely. Proper cricket. Sealey bowls the shortest ball of the season; it bounces high over the wicket-keeper's head,

Grant, the captain, begins to bowl. Hutton begins really to hit. He is, for

Hammond continue in the lesser gloom a double century, sure.

against the bowling of Hylton and Clarke bowls the second shortest Cameron, Except for Hammond's ball of the season: it bounced twice graceful manliness there is nothing and causes Compton to play with one new. For the first time in the match hand. we see a batsman who runs the ball down and swings at it. Quite like old times.

We are 100 runs ahend. Hutton 180. Compton 115.

Compton has ended his grand knock

I could tell it is Hammond with my eyes shut, from the sound of bat of 120 unselfishy hitting out. He was well caught at deep square leg against ball. A baritone sound, not off Clarke; a fine hit. Total 396 for alto. The score is 186 for two.

4 What with the intervals for gloom, and the good howling, and the slow turf, and the sedate batting, we are behind the clock for runs.

It is no use shouting at Hutton to hurry up. This young man play his own game and no other. He in first to establish the innings vand when he has done it he goes on tablishing the game.

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