M.C.C. in good shape
NZPA-Reuter Guhati The fast bowler Bob Willis, aided by some timid batting, yesterday put M.C.C. in a position to win a three-day match in India for the first time in more than 10 years. After the second day of the match against East Zone, M.C.C. were 130 ahead with eight second innings wickets standing and the victory over a zonal side which eluded Tony Lewis’s team four years ago, looked a distinct possibility. It was back >'n! 1963-64 that England, under) Mike Smith, last won a three- i day game in India. '
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