Parker gets better news; may now play

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33413, 20 December 1973, Page 26

Parker gets better news; may now play

*/ JL (N.Z.P..4. Stall Correspondent) CANBERRA. The New Zealand opening batsman. J. M. Parker, may be able to play after all in the first-class match against South Australia, which starts in Adelaide tomorrow.

This was the encouraging news yesterday about Parker after he had visited a specialist for another examination of his injured chest.

Parker had been told by a doctor on Tuesday that he had cracked the third rib cartilage in his left chest, but a specialist, after studying X-rays yesterday, found that the cartilage is torn but not cracked. WADSWORTH DOUBTFUL The specialist suggested that Parker should rest, but the manager of the New Zealand team, Mr R. A. Vance, said yesterday afternoon that there was a possibility now that Parker would play in Adelaide. Yesterday’s news about K. J. Wadsworth, the wicketkeeper, who had his first innings of the tour against Australian Capital Territory yesterday, was less promising.

Although it was only a brief knock; Wadsworth was in some distress after it, and it is very doubtful whether he is yet fit enough to take on four consecutive days of cricket. 78-RL’N VICTORY

The New Zealanders cruised to an effortless 78-run victory over the Australian Capital Territory in a 40-over match yesterday. After being put in to bat, New Zealand scored 213 runs in 163 minutes before it was all out after 38.2 of its 40 overs.

A.C.T., tied down in the

. I early stages by the accurate fiNew Zealand opening attack, ■could manage only 135 for ‘nine. SLOW BATTING ! i The New Zealand bowlers were so much on. top in the early stages of the A.C.T. i innings that only 16 runs ! came from the first 10 overs, i B. E. Congdon took R. J. Hadlee out of the attack after : he had bowled four overs, '■ three of them maidens, and '■ conceded only two runs. Hadlee returned later for three more overs, picking up I two wickets for 10 runs before Congdon again replaced him with one of his allowable eight overs still to be ’ bowled. NEVER RECOVERED Congdon, in fact, used eight bowlers in an effort to get the A.C.T. batsmen moving, but after the slow start, the home side was never in the chase. Congdon top-scored for New Zealand, reaching his 50 in 56 minutes and making 63 of the 92-run opening partj nership with J. F. M. Morri- ; son. NEW ZEALAND ' B. E. Congdon c Samuels b Webb 63 J. F. M. Morrison c Canney b Webb .30 M. J. F. Shrimpton b Canney 1 ; B. F. Hastings c Rowe b Samuels 29 J. V. Coney run out . .15 1 K. J. Wadsworth b Canney 7 K. O. Campbell c Curtis b Lloyd 12 R. J. Hadlee c S'amuels b ’ Lloyd 41 G. D. Alabaster c Rowe b Moore 13 D. R. O’Sullivan b Lloyd .. 0 B. L. Cairns not out .. o Extras (b. 1, l.b. 1) .. 2 Total 213 Fall of wickets: 92, 93, 95, 138, 138, 150, 166, 213, 213. Bowling.—Samuels, 8,2, 26, I; Moore, 8,0, 46, 1; Webb, 8. 1, 30, 2; Curtis. 4,0, 42, 0; Cannev, 8,0, 52. 2; Lloyd, 2.2, 0, 15. 3. A.C.T. J. McMurtrie c Wadsworth b Shrimpton . 30 B. Andrews std Campbell b Alabaster .. .. 19 > M. Webb c Alabaster b Congj don 23 ’A. Irvine c Coney b > O’Sullivan . 25 fiK. Owen b R. Hadlee 6 |I. Canney b R. Hadlee 2 iB. Lloyd b O’Sullivan .. 2 ;C. Rowe std Campbell b , Morrison 9 G. Samuels b O’Sullivan t ' D. Moore not out .. s ’ M. Curtis not. out o | Extras (l.b. 5, n.b. 2. b. 2) 9 Total for 9 wkts .. 135 Fall of wickets: 40. 58. 88. 108. ' 108, 111, 113, 124, 133. Bowling.—R. Hadlee, 7,3, 12, 2; , Cairns, 4, 0. 12, 0; Alabaster, 8,1, 24, 1; O’Sullivan, 7,1, 19 3; Shrimpton 8,0, 31. 1; Congdon, 4. 0, 21, 1; Hastings, 1,0, 4. 0; Morrison. 1. 0,3, 1.