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Indian Cricket Team To Tour Malaya

Singapore, Oel, 9.

A 17-man Indian cricket team, which will include six Test players, will visit Malaya in March next year for a three- werk tour, was learned here tonight,

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More Tricks Than The Sponge

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Herr Jupp Schlaaf, Secretary-General of the Voentionals" Association, told Reuter

today: against

The team, called "Varslty Vocationals", will be skippered by Chulam Ahmed, who led India against George Duck- worth's touring Commonwealth team three years ago.

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"We shall take the hat to the Congress to show them that there are more tricks in the game than the sponge or foam-rubber bals," de- clared Herr Schlaaf, who Was a former German international player. "But we hope the Federa tion will decide for the ordinary

the. bat, as have already British done and we have done." Herr Schlaaf sold the inflatable or pressure bat was still in the experi- mental stage. Though he could not disclose exact details, as the in- keen table ventor, tennis player, intended

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to patent it, Herr Schlaf said the bat con- sisted of a frame, like a miniature tennis racket, covered with an inflat- able plastic bag, fitted with a valve. Tremendous Force

"You could blow the thing up to any required degree," he said, "You could, for instance, make it 'dead,' so that any ball hitting it would just drop off, or you could blow it up very hard to make a ball bounce off with tremendous force,”

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say yet when and how a player would inflate his bat, but the iden at present Is that he should be able to

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Herr Schlaaf said the Inventor, whose name ho would not disclose, had worked on the bat for six months. It would be ready very soon,

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Will They Rout The Prophets Instead?

By John Cottrell

No country in the history of international cricket has had such a dismal home record as South Africa against Australia.

The Springboks have entertaïnod' tho Aussies sixtoon times in more than half a century and they have not won single sorics..

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And their "away" record is not much better: three victories in eightcon rubbers. That makes a total of three wins in 34 series, home and away.

No wonder South Africans were so despondent when their inexperienced cricketers last sailed to Australia in 1952. Newspapers called it "A Suicidal Journey"; cricket officials and ex-Test players joined in the loud demand for the tour to be cancelled.

hand Even the Australian Board, controlled

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Improve their cricket.

And what happened? The young South Africati leam, without K single star, produced of the biggest surprises in cricket history by sharing the rubber with the And the mighty Australians. Springboks have gone on to become one of the great powers of the cricket world

Now the position is reversed. is the Australians who are It is

overseas tour under starting on a barrage of pessimistle pheeles. And some crities would even go so far as to use that "auichol

Journey"

left

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in 311 in the first innings and the of Control feared that the tour swingers, he can, when neces- Australians, all out for 75, seemed dcomed, especially when The sary, serve up slow spinners. might be a financial flop. South Airlean Board actually In South Africa it will almost they lost four second innings

necessary. The wickets for only 95. aald they were prepared to lose certainly be

£10,000

Then Harvey, who had batted Os much 08

Aussies have only two recog- on an educational tour Which would nised

No. D in the first innings, came spin bowlers-Lindsay

When be left, Kline, Victoria's left-arm goog-to the wicket.

were 330 for ly merchant, and all-rounder the Australiens Richle Benaud, an accurate leg-five. He had scored 131 not out spinner, powerful batsman, and and Impending defeat became

ntive-wicket victory. excellent felder,

then only 1 Harvey Kline, who will also be play-

Since then, he has ing in his first Test series, bears years old. D tremendous responsibility.won a place as one of the great Captain Craig hopes he will be left-handers of all time. With a a trump card, since he is very background of 40 Tests, sixteen style to Johnny Test centuries, and cimitar in Wordle, by far the most auc-4,000 runs, he is by cesful bowler on England's most experienced ericketer in South African tour this year. the Australlon team.

Thic other batsmen aru Craig, Harvey. Sirapson, Burge Bob Simpson. Mackoy. and label for another Test newcomer, and Nell Harvey is the key bats- Peter Barku, one of the biggest man in the side. But the man men in the touring side, are with the ulxgest responsibility both hard-hitters who wil bat is in

hna yet to Craig, who No. 5 or 6.

prove himself as a great bats- about Can

it really be that the

On a 30-year-old man and a great captain. Ken Mackay, Aussies pre at long just to lose!

Inspector from his showing does the success or

the Australlan ten Their unbeaten record in South insurance

ix Brisbane.

a resolute left failure of Africa? Or will they rout the prophets

19 just the Southbanker who has been brought mostly depend. Africans did in the 1952-53 in at the eleventh hour in place

who of Archer

huo knee series?

their visit to South Afrien,

Unbeaten Record

pro-

Argued out on paper, it would trouble. scem that the Aussies must A Severe Blow

The

more than

for the

A Great Captain

Although Craig has played in only six Tesis and has never scored more than 53 in one Test Innings, it should be

bered that his best perfor mances have been against the

Anally lower the fing.

The 10x9 of Archer, chief Springboks have virtually the sarne side which held England wicket-taker on the last Aus- South Africans.

It was in 1953 that he be- la a to a draw earlier this year, tralian tour of England,

it is odd came the youngest man to play while the Australians have lost severe blow. And all their most famous stars ex- that the selectors have replaced in an Australian Test team. He cept Nell Harvey,

an all-rounder who is primarily grined a place in the Fifth Test Keith Miller and Ray Lind- a bowler with a batsman whose by scoring a brilliant 213 for ngainst the wall, who-topped the towing medium-pace bowling in inore New South Wales

an end South Africans. for holding series useful averages in the last

In his first Test against the against South Africa, are gone. econonideally than endangering:

South Africans he made his So are "Big Bill" Johnston, chier the stumps.

two highest Test scores-53 and wicket-taker on

regular that tour, RS So, with

only Ave well Da Jan Johnson, Lindsay bowlers, the Australians cannot 47. And this was the best bat-

ting performance of his side. Hasselt, and wicket-keeper Gil afford injuries,

Craig ua-

wis Langley

Jooking forward to the South tremendously African tour when I met him recently, "I think we can beat them," he said. "I should put our chances at about 30-50.” --(London Express Service).

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Says Craig:

**Those

So depleted are Australian fortunate five ore going to have ranks that six men who have a tiring tour. But 1 feel con- batsmen will never played in first class Test fident that the cricket are included in the 15- make suflicient runs to ease the strong side to tour South Africa, burden which will be placed on

Moreover, with the fallure of the bowlers." Ron Archer to pass a finess He has especially high hopes

Nell Harvey:

test, the Aussics are left with of vice-captain only five recognised bawler. He is always great against the Since only one can be safely South Africans. rested. cuch match, these tive And that's quite an under- are going to have an exhausting be a better word. On the 1940- statement, "Tremendous" would

four.

scrles of South Africa, scored 600 Test runs.

That's the score on paper. 50 But it's on the cricket #ield that Harvey games are decided and here we and topped the batting averages with 132. In the 1052-53 must always be prepared for ecries, he amassed the 10-

surprises,

credible total of 834 rung in

The South Africans who

Test inmings and again performed So briliantly in nine Australia in 1952-53 were very topped the averages, with 92.66. young And markedly in- His performance in the Third experienced. So are the Aussies Test nt Durban will never he forgotten. South Africn scored

on this tour.

In fact, this is one of the youngest-ever Australian tour- ing sides, with five playerA under 23 and not one over 30. And Ian Craig, at 22, is the youngest captain of a first-cláss touring team,

Like the Springboks in Aus- tralia,

this team can be ex- pected to display tremendous keenness and energy on the fold. And in Harvey, David- newcorner son, Benaud, and Boli Simpson, they have four outstanding fielders,

Regular Batsman

There. nre three regular opening batsmen Colin Mc- Donald, a 28-year-old school- master who has appeared in 22 Test matches; the dour Jim Burke, comedian, plantat, and mimie, who is quick with the wisecracks but usually slow with the runs; and Les Favell, 27-year-old who has appeared in only six Tests and never against South Africa,

The two wicket-keepers have equal status and will have to fight it cut for a Test place, They aro 21-year-old Barry Jarman and 30-year-old Wally Grout, Neither has played in a first-class Test,

Two of the three speed mer- chants are also without Text match

experience-left-handed Ian Meck (22) and John Dronpan (25). The third La Sydney bank clerk Alan David. son, .D Bellant all-rounder, dubbed "The Clutch" because of his superb Aelding.

Davidson, brood-shouldered and over oft fall, will be ans of the key men of the team. Ho in a hard-hitting balaman and, beside bowling fast, wall-

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