West Indies Get Their Revenge

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32032, 5 July 1969, Page 15

West Indies Get Their Revenge

(N.Z.P.A. -Reuter— Copyright)

BELFAST.

The West Indian cricketers made amends agains Ireland with a vengeance yesterday. They bundled Ireland out for 126 and quickly raced past their score for the loss of only one wicket.

It was swift revenge for their humiliation on the previous day, when Ireland routed them for 25 and won a one-day match by nine wickets. The West Indians smartly dispelled any fears of another fiasco yesterday. They batted with much more purpose and caution to score 157 for one at the end of the first

(day of their two-day return I match. The opener, S. G. Camacho, contributed a stylish 46 and M. C. Carew (56 not out) and C. A. Davis (44 not out) carried on the run-making in an unbroken second-wicket stand of 70. The fast bowler, V. Holder, wrecked the Ireland innings with five wickets for 40. He seized the initiative from the start as he shot out both Ireland openers for three runs. Nevertheless, Ireland managed 50 runs in the first hour as R. Waters, the former Oxford University and Sussex batsman, led a temporary fight-back with a hard-hitting 41. including seven fours. The medium-pacer Davis then crashed this recovery with three valuable middleorder wickets, finishing with three for 14. The only tailend resistance came from P. Duneen, who slammed four boundaries in a lusty 26.