Selection on merit
NZPA London All England cricketers — including those who played in Kerry Packer’s World Series matches — will be considered for selection for this summer’s tour of Australia and India, said the [chairman of th. England cricket selectors, Alec Bedser, yesterday.
i Mr Bedser, who will manage the team, was asked on ■ 8.8. C. television if the EngI land Packer players would 1 be in the running for selec- ; tion. “We will select all players ■ who are available to tour on ■ merit,” Mr Bedser replied. I “On the merit of what the selectors feel — not the public,” he added.
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