N.Z. WAS CLOSE TO DEFEAT

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33254, 18 June 1973, Page 24

N.Z. WAS CLOSE TO DEFEAT

(Special Crspdt. N.Z.P.A ) CAMBRIDGE. New Zealand came close to its first defeat in a three-day match when the game with Combined Universities at Fenners ended in high excitement on Friday evening. Universities had been left 160 minutes to score 211 and

fell only four runs short of this mark with the ninth wicket falling to the last ball of the day. NEW ZEALAND ■ First innings . 250 Second innings R. E. Redmond c Hodson b Khan 61 J. M. Parker lbw b Hadley 28 R. W. Anderson e and b Edmonds . 52 B. F. Hastings c Ward b Khan 11 M. G. Burgess c and b Edmonds .. 27 V. Pollard b Hadley • ■ .. 16 K. J. Wadsworth not out .. 26 B. R. Taylor b Khan ... .. 18 D. R. Hadlee not out .. .. 2 Extras .. .. 18 Total (7 wckts dec.) 259 | Fall of wickets: one for 51, two for 128, three for 166, four ‘for 168, five for 203, six for 216, seven for 255. | Bowling.—Hadley. 15, 2, 58, 2; Imran Khan. 26, 5 , 65 , 3; Lee. 14, 1,6, 0; Edmonds. 30, 10, 93, 12; Hodson, 3. 0. 19. 0. ' COMBINED UNIVERSITIES ■ First Innings .. 299 Second innings IJ. F. Snowden c Redmond b Collinge 6 |E. C. Lee c Taylor b Howarth 17 j lA. K. C. Jones e Taylor b i Howarth.. 601 ’I. Khan c Hastings b Howarth 881 P. H. Edmonds c Hastings b Howarth 4 ‘ J. M. Ward c Parker b Tay- i lor .. 51 C. Aworth run out .. 2 R. P. Hodson not out 8 C. B. Hamblin, c Taylor b Howarth 0 C. R. V. Taylor run out .. 2 Extras 15 Total (for 9 wickets) 207 Fall of wickets: one for 16. two for 26, three for 140, four for 152, five for 176. six for 186, seven for 197, eight for 198, nine for 207. Bowling.—Collinge, 13, 2. 36, 1; Taylor. 14, 0, 58. 1; Howarth, 18. 4, 75, 5; Pollard, 8,1, 23, 0.