WIN FOR WEST INDIES

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27874, 24 January 1956, Page 14

WIN FOR WEST INDIES

Auckland Beaten By Eight Wickets SPIN BOWLERS SUCCESSFUL (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, January 23. The spin bowling of K. T. Ramadhin and A. L. Valentine gave the West Indies touring team an easy win in the first match of its New Zealand tour against Auckland at Eden. Park this afternoon. The Auckland second innings collapsed for only 102 runs, and the West Indies lost two wickets in scoring the 50 runs needed for victory. The game ended at 3.9 p.m. The Auckland batting was slow and rather pathetic against the spin-bowling this morning. Auckland began the day 1 with 46 runs for three wickets, and the last seven wickets fell for the addition of only 56 runs scored in 140 minutes. The pitch took a fair amount of spin, and Ramadhin was virtually unplayable at times. The batsmen were beaten off the pitch on numerous occasions as they tried to fathom which way the small bowler would turn the ball. Valentine was just as economical and accurate, and his dismissal of D. D. Taylor for one broke the back of the Auckland innings. G. A. Richards, the Auckland captain, was the only batsman to offer any serious resistance, but no-one could stay with him. Ramadhin had the startling bowling figures of 29 overs, 20 maidens, 21 runs, 5 wickets. The West Indies will start a two-day match against Waikato at Hamilton tomorrow. Scores:— AUCKLAND

M. JACK INJURED (New Zealand Press Association) NAPIER, January 23. The Canterbury Plunket Shield player, M. Jack, who was -injured while batting in the Plunket Shield cricket match against Central Districts this morning, had three stitches inserted above one eye at the Napier Public Hospital. He returned to McLean Park this afternoon, but did not field. His place was taken by B. M. Dineen.

First innings Second Innings .. 277 D. L. Perry, b King 3 J. B. Morris, b Ramadhin .. . 20 B. J. Postles, c Furlonge, b Ramac bin . 17 B. Sorenson, b Sobers . 9 R. Harris, b Ramadhin . 7 D. D. Taylor, c Binns, b Valentine 1 G. A. Richards, c King, b Valentine 30 T. S. Hambrook, run out 2 E. Dunn, c Binns, b Ramadhin . 0 J. Turnbull, c Smith, b Ramadhin 0 A. F. Lissette, not out 5 Extra 1 Total .. . 102 Bowling O. M. R. W. F. King ..10 1 40 1 W. Edun ..3 2 1 0 K. T. Ramadhin .. 29 20 21 5 A. L. Valentine .. 38.1 24 26 2 G. Sobers .. 12 8 6 1 WEST INDES First innings . 330 Second Innings H. Furlonge, not out . 27 A. P. Binns, run out . 15 A. Roberts, b Lissette G. Sobers, not out 6 Extras 2 Total for two wickets 51 Bowling O. M. R. W. E. Dunn .. 6 2 15 0 T. S. Hambrook .. 3 1 9 0 A. F. Lissette .. 7 3 8 1 J. Turnbul 1 .. 4 1 12 0 D. D. Taylor .. 1 0 5 0 ■