Test cricket 'too slow’

Press, 8 March 1978, Page 32

Test cricket 'too slow’

PA Auckland! The England cricket cap-1 tain. Geoff Boycott, wants! something done to quicken j the pace of test match, cricket. He believes the! move should come from the top, and should be aimed at] speeding the over rate. "There should be a minimum number of to be bowled either in an hour or a day in test matches, whichever the experts may feel is the best," said Boycott yesterday. “I’think it can only help the game of cricket. "Until there is a system which requires you to bowl a certain number of overs in a test, then there won’t be

much change." Boycott recalled the initial move by the former England captain, Ray Illingworth, to speed up [county cricket. i “I certainly wouldn’t be i against a minimum overs [system at test level. 1 think I that would be reasonable for everyone.” i England is uncertain | whether Geoff Miller, the all-rounder, will be fit [enough to bat today when ithe third test resumes. I Miller is suffering from a 'back nerve complaint which hampers his breathing. At a press conference yesterday morning Boycott said he was worried about Miller’s illness, but said

Miller would bat “on one leg if it was necessary.” Miller himself said yesterday afternoon that his condition was improving.