INDIAN WICKETS FALL QUICKLY

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30575, 19 October 1964, Page 3

INDIAN WICKETS FALL QUICKLY

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) CALCUTTA, October 18. After its collapse for 174, Australian spinners fought back magnificently to have India 130 for the loss of five wickets at stumps on the second day of the third test at Calcutta today.

When bad light stopped play 30 minutes before the scheduled stumps, India was struggling against some menacing spin bowling from T. R. Veivers and R. B. Simpson. Since tea Veivers’s bowling figures were 11.2/5/6/2. India, however, aided its own downfall by over defensive batting after an excellent start.

wickets in one over. Yet he had 40 runs knocked off him before he took a wicket. Scores:— £ AUSTRALIA First Innings W. H. Lawry, b Durrani .. 50 R. B. Simpson, lbw, b Surti 67 R. M. Cowper, c Nad karri i, b Durrani . 4 P. J. Burge, c Hanumant Singh, b Durrani .. 4 B. C. Booth, c and b Durrani 0 I. R. Redpath, not out .. 32 T. R. Veivers, c Pataudl, b Durrani ..2 B. N. Jarman, b Durrani .. 1 C. D. McKenzie, st Indrajitslngh, b Surti 0 R. H. D. Seller, b Surti 0 A. Connolly, c Hanumant Singh, b Chandrasekhar 0 Extras (byes 1, leg-byes 8, no-balls 5) .. 14 Total * .. 174 Fall of wickets: one for 97, two for 104, three for 109, four for 109, five for 145, six for 165, seven for 167, eight for 174. Bowling

India scored only 69 runs between lunch and stumps—losing five wickets. There will be no play tomorrow.

India had scored 113 for two wickets at tea.

Australia, in a poor batting display, lost its remaining four wickets for only seven runs to be all out for 174. Australia was completely on the defensive by this slowturning pitch and all seven runs were scored by Redpath, who was at the wicket for 53 minutes during which 20 overs were bowled. It was an extremely poor performance by the Australians after the opening stand of 97. Ten wickets fell for only 77 runs. After a record opening stand by W. M. Lawry and R. B. Simpson, Australia collapsed on the first day and was 167 for six at the close. The weather caused a series of interruptions and play was cut by one hour 38 minutes. First a dust storm caused a delay, then rain, and finally bad light sent the players in 40 minutes early. India’s hero was the tall, left-arm spinner, S. Durrani, who finished the day with five for 73, including three

INDIA First Innings D. N. Sardesai, c Veivers, b Booth .42 M. L. Jaisimha, c Booth, b Sijnpson 57 S. Durrani, c Simpson, b Veivers .12 V. L. Manjrekar, lbw, b Veivers 9 Hanumant Singh, c Burge, b Veivers .5 Nawab of Pataudl, not out 1 R. C. Nadkarni, not out .. 0 Extras 4 Total for five wickets 130 Fall of wickets: one for 60, two for 97, three for 119, four for 127, five for 129.

0. M. R. W. Surti ..21 7 38 3 Jaisimha 5 3 2 0 Durrani .. 28 11 73 6 Nadkarni 2080

Bowlin* 0. M. R. w. McKenzie 5 0 10 0 Connolly 4 3 3 0 Veivers .. 35.2 13 47 3 Sellers 5 1 17 0 Booth .. 10 5 20 1 iCowper 6 0 14 0 Simpson .. 12 6 15 1