Two wins for World XI

Press, 20 November 1978, Page 6

Two wins for World XI

I PA Auckland I : The World Series Cricket tour < finished abruptly at Mount i Smart Stadium y esterday, and in I a tense finish the World XI took the limited-over match from the 'Australians by one wicket. ,s The hard, bare pitch again suited the faster bowlers — ' especially when there was an • occasional low bounce — and the scoring was modest. The Aus- ! tralians finished on 118 and the World XI made 122 for nine. i Richard Hadlee led the World 1 XI in a spectacular assault on the Australian batsmen, remov ing lan Davis and lan Chappell I in consecutive overs. Mike Prociter had Rick McCosker lbw and I the Australians never recovered ] I after being II for three wickets. 1 i Hadlee finished with four 1 ' wickets for 25, coming back to I break a stubborn stand by Doug Walters and Rod Marsh. He 1 bowled with fire and accuracy.! and later won the prize as the i i outstanding player of the tour.*!

Some free hitting by Collis King and a grim fight for 46 by Clive Rice produced the main substance in the World innings, but it took some cool work b\ Procter to stop a late Australia! rally when four wicket* fell for [six runs. Scores.—Australians 118 <D Walters 29. R. Marsh 29. Hadlee 4/25. C. King 3/46' lost to World XI 122/9 iC. Rice 46. C King 29. N. Walker 3/19». And on Saturday only flashes of brilliance were evident in the penultimate W.S.C. match at Hastings. The World XI beat Australia ■by 40 runs in a day marred hold ups due to wet weather Despite the problems the 2500 people at the match were treated to some fine batting b' Barr> Richards and Clive Rice for the World XI. Scores.—World XI 147 B Richards 64. C. Rice 39 no Malone 2/23) beat Australians 107 (R. McCosker 31; King 136 Snow 1/121.