But is it cricket?
NZPA-Reuter London Seventeen balls and three runs were ail that was needed for Worcestershire and Somerset to complete a remarkable Benson and Hedges cricket cup match at Worcester yesterday. Somerset made one run for no wicket declared — the run was a no ball in the only over they faced — and Worcestershire scored the two runs they required for victory from 10 balls without losing a wicket. By declaring so quickly, Somerset’s captain, Brian Rose, made certain his team would qualify from group ‘A’ for the quarter-finals of
i the limited-overs competition. ! Somerset was assured of a ; place in the last eight if its > record of wickets to runs i was unchanged after yesterI day’s match. The quick dec- : laration did the trick. Worcestershire’s secretary, i Mr Michael Vockins, who ■ immediately announced a re- > fund of spectators’ money, I described Rose’s action as i "an absolute disgrace.” Rose retorted: “The rules are laid down in black and white. I don’t make the rules. If anyone wants to do i any complaining they should i do it to the people who i make the rules. My first duty is to Somerset.”
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