A ‘stop-go’ innings by the Indian batsmen

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32660, 16 July 1971, Page 22

A ‘stop-go’ innings by the Indian batsmen

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright)

CARDIFF (Wales).

A fine unbeaten knock of 62 by F. Engineer propped up the faltering tail of the Indian cricketers’ innings and enabled them to total 284 on the opening day of their match against Glamorgan.

The Glamorgan opening batsmen, A. Jones and K. Lyons, put on 46 without being parted, in reply, by the close of play. Solid scoring by the early Indian batsmen put 207 on the board for the loss of only four wickets. But the Glamorgan fast-medium bowler A. Cordle brought about a collapse, taking four wickets for 49 runs, and the last six wickets fell for the addition of 77 runs. In seven overs, Cordle fook four, for 27, two with successive deliveries.

Engineer, released by his county, Lancashire, for the match, attacked from the start of his innings and got his runs in 90 minutes, with the aid of 10 boundaries.

Earlier in the “stop-go" innings, Sunil Gavaskar (39) and Abbas Ali Baig (47) put on 71 in 95 minutes for the first wicket, and G. Viswanath '(52) and S. Abid Ali (46) were associated in a fourth-wicket partnership of 89 in 95 minutes. Gavaskar and Baig scored freely, but many of the later batsmen were tied down to defence for long spells against the steady bowling of the .South African-born P. Walker and the Pakistani test player, Majid Khan.

Scores: India 284, Glamorgan 46/0. PAKISTANIS

The Pakistani cricketers look like finishing their England tour on a successful note after gaining a firm hold on Surrey in their three-day match.

The Pakistani captain, Intikhab Alam, captured seven wickets of his adopted county, for 57 runs with his leg-spinners, as Surrey was shot out for 166. Then Zahir Abbas (65) and Talat Ali (45 not out) consolidated the touring team’s position with a third-wicket stand of 109 in almost even time to take the Pakistanis to 134/3 at the close. One of the Surrey batsmen to elude Intikhab Alam was a fellow-Pakistani, Younis Ahmed, who cracked him for six on the way to a top-scor-ing 34 before being run out. COUNTY CRICKET The England opening batsman, G. Boycott, slammed his way to a sparkling 133 for Yorkshire against Derbyshire in their English county cricket championship match at Scarborough. Boycott struck 24 fours in his innings and Yorkshire totalled 349 for seven by the close.

M. Procter, Gloucestershire’s South African test allrounder, was another centurymaker, taking 115 off the Nottinghamshire bowlers at Gloucester. Procter and A. Milton (90) put on 185 in 170 minutes for the third wicket to enable the home side to declare at 354 for nine.

The England pace bowler, J. Snow, plagued by injury since helping England win the Ashes in Australia, proved his fitness when he returned 4 for 35, his best figures of the season, as Sussex dismissed Essex for 166.

Essex would have been in even deeper trouble without the defiance of the England test batsman, K. R. Fletcher, who made an undefeated 83.

Close of play scores:— At Lord’s: Hampshire 306/8 (B. Rlchards 55, R. Lewis 41, P. Sainsbury 54, T. Jesty 72), v. Middlesex.

At Scarborough: Yorkshire 349/7 (G. Boycott 133, D. Padgett 59, B. Leadbeater 69). v. Derbyshire.

At Gloucester: Gloucestershire 354/9 declared (C. MUton 90, M. Procter 115, B. Meyer 55 not out; R. White 5/92), Nottinghamshire 20/0 (seven overs).

At Westcliff: «ssex IM (59.4 overs, K. Fletcher S 3 not out; J. Snow 4/35), Sussex 138/2 (31 overs, R. Prideaux 45 not out, J. Parks 54 not out).

At Southport: Lancashire 160 (67 overs. C. Lloyd 48; P. WUley 4/29), Northamptonshire 110/2 (35 overs, D. Steele 53 not out).

At Maidstone: Somerset 265 (R. Virgin 53, D. Close 54; B. Julien 4/49), Kent 4/0 (two overs).

Three-day friendly match at Aberdeen: Scotland 249/7 declared (B. Hardie 106; D. Murray 4/37), M.C.C. 28/1.