Rain interrupts cricket series
PA Palmerston North Once bitten, twice shy. That would sum up the attitude of many of New Zealand’s top women cricketers as they watched the rain fall from leaden skies at Palmerston North yesterday morning on the rest day of the Hallyburton-Johnstone i n t e r-provincial cricket series. On Saturday, the first day of the competition, the players had to put up with showers during the day and finally had the last two hours of play washed out when the rain set in. Already memories of Dunedin two or three seasons ago are "flooding back”. At that tournament
the players had nothing much more than a couple of days play in the 10 scheduled.
Teams in good positions after the first day were North Shore (209 for seven wickets) against Central Districts six for three wickets, Welling* ton (225 for eight) against Otago’s 25 for one, and Canterbury, at 36 for two. in reply to Auckland’s 82. This latter match has been the disappointing one. On a wicket inclined to keep low, champion wicket-taker Sue Brown, the top bowler in New Zealand at. both the last two tournaments, ripped through Auckland to take seven wickets for 32 from 26 overs. ..
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