15-OVER FINISH
New move bv cricket
The condition whereby 15 overs must be bowled in the final hour on the second day will applv to all two-day grades in the Canterbury Cricket Association's competition lor the rest of this season.
The C.C.A. management com mittee last evening approved the I introduction of the condition in j the hope that it would help speed up play. However, if there is no chance of a decision ,'eing reached, captains will sti.i be able to call off the match. | Clubs will be asked to forward ; nominations of players to be ’ I considered for lower-grade representative matches, providing a list of the players' pci iformances during the season. In his match report on the I Canterbury-Wellington Plunket (Shield match, the Canterbury I team manager (Mr D. J. Elder r [recommended that a vfcVcapl tain be appointed before the [first fixture. When the Canterbury captain. C. L. Bull, was injured while [ batting and left the field, it was i agreed that K. Thomson assume I the captain’s duties. However. Mr Elder said that a situation occurred against Otago later in the series when Bull was forced to leave the ground with Canterbury fielding, and Thomson and V. Pollard botti [ had claims to take over the cap Itaincy.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33434, 16 January 1974, Page 14
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21215-OVER FINISH Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33434, 16 January 1974, Page 14
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