World XI routed on “shock pitch"

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32788, 13 December 1971, Page 28

World XI routed on “shock pitch"

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright)

PERTH.

G. S. Sobers, captain of the Rest of the World XI which was beaten by an innings and 11 runs in the second “test” yesterday, said his side was caught on a “shock wicket” on Saturday.

“I have never seen so much moisture on a pitch on the seecnd day of a match,” he sJd. Dismissed for 59 in its first innings, and forced to follow on 290 runs behind Australia’s 349, the World XI was all out a second time for 279. Australia now leads 1-0 in the five-match series. The first match, in Brisbane, was drawn. LILI.EE HAS 12/92 The fast bowler, D. Lillee, who routed the World XI by taking eight for 29 in the first innings, took four for 63 in the second, and finished with the match figures of 12 for 92. He and his fellow Western Australian, G. D. McKenzie, took 17 of the 19 wickets which fell to the Australian bowlers in the match. The success of the fast bowling prompted Sobers to remark that any good pace bowler would nave bowled well on this pitch. “I am not taking anything away from Dennis Lillee," he said, “but we played some bad shots in that first innings debacle. AMOUNT OF BOUNCE “It was not so much Lillee’s speed but the amount of bounce he was able to get out of the pitch. But, at the same time, he is to be commended for the excellent line on which he bowled. “We do not have real fast bowlers. We would have liked to have had John Snow, but I’m afraid he may now have missed the bus by not , ,

playing here,” Sobers added. He said that the Australian selectors who chose the World XI would realise the lack of real pace in the side, and it would be up to them if they wanted to call in Snow. In the first innings rout, which lasted only 90 minutes, the World XI wickets tumbled monotonously. Lillee, whose speed had all the World XI batsmen looking uncomfortable, finished with the incredible figures of 7.1 overs, three maidens, 29 runs, eight wickets. ONE-MAN SHOW At one stage, after dismissing A. Greig, Sobers and R. Hutton in his sixth over, and Intikhab Alam and R. S. Cunis in the seventh, he had taken five wickets in nine balls. He ended the innings by having C. H. Lloyd caught at the wicket. This then gave him six wickets for none off 15 balls. At the close on Saturday, the World XI was 217 for five in its second innings, and yesterday, when the new ball was taken, Lillee came back to take three more wickets and put the World XI out of its misery. AUSTRALIA

First innings .. 349 WORLD XI First innings S. Gavaskar c Marsh b Lillee 0 F. Engineer c and b Lillee 13 R. Kanhai c O’Keeffe b McKenzie .10 Zaheer Abbas run out .. 14 C. Lloyd c Marsh b Lillee 14 A. Greig c Stackpole b Lillee 5 G. Sobers c Marsh b Lillee 0 R. Hutton c McKenzie b Lillee . 0 Intikhab Alam c Sheahan b Lillee . 1 R. Cunis c Stackpole b Lillee 0 B. Bedi not out 2 Total 59 Wicket fall: 0, 15, 33, 37, 46, 46, 46, 50, 50. Bowling: Lillee, 7.1, 3, 29, 8; McKenzie, 3,0, 8,1; Walters, 4, 1, 22, 0.

Second innings Gavaskar b McKenzie' .. 21 Engineer c Sheahan b Lillee 4 Kanhal b Jenner ..118 Abbas c Stackpole b McKenzie ..51 Lloyd c Stackpole b O’Keeffe 32 Cunis b McKenzie .. 0 Greig c G. Chappell (sub.) b Lillee 10 Sobers c Sheahan b McKenzie 33 Hutton c Marsh b Lillee .. 1 Intikhab c Sheahan b Lillee 1 Bedi not out 0 Extras (3 leg-byes, 1 wide, 4 no-balls) 8 Total 279 Wicket fall: 9, 74, 181, 216, 216, 233, 258, 264, 273. Bowling: Lillee, 14, 2, 63, 4; McKenzie, 20, 3, 66, 4; Walters, 4, 1, 15, 0; Jenner, 17, 2, 45, 1; O’Keeffe, 16, 1, 82, 1.