Lord bowls N.Z. to unusual win

Press, 15 January 1982, Page 3

Lord bowls N.Z. to unusual win

•'A Auckland In a sensational women’s World Cup cricket match at Cornwall Park yesterday. New Zealand overcame a near-total batting collapse to beat India bv 43 runs.

New Zealand won the toss, batted on what proved to be an extremely unpredictable pitch and was quickly in trouble bv losing Barbara Bevege. who scored a century against the International XI on Tuesday, out lbw to the bowling ol ’Lopa Murdra Bhattacharya for 12. Vicki Burt, bowled bv Shanta Kangaswami for 1. went in the next over, and worse was to come for New Zealand when three quick wickets fell. Opening batsman. Nicki Turner was stumped on the bowling of Diana Edulji for 22. Debbie Hocklev was caught behind off the bowling of Lopa Mudra Bhattacharva without scoring and Eileen Badham was beautifully caught at midwicket by Sharriila Chakraborty off the bowling of Diana Edulji for one.

The remainder of the NewZealand batting order also failed and with the last wicket down the total was a meagre 80 runs. The captain. Pat McKelvey, was

not out. having been at the crease for 137 minutes to score 16 runs. Bowling for India. Diana Edulji took three for 10 off II 5 overs. India must have felt confident of a win with such a small target, but worse was to follow for it. In a dynamic opening spell, the Cantabrian. Sue Brown, clean-bowled both openers within the space of four overs and India were reeling at two for six runs Disaster continued for India in the face of an extremely tight New Zealand attack which restricted their scoring to a minimum

Next to go was Shubhangi Kolkarni. well caught behind by the keeper. Edna Ryan, off the accurate bowling of Maureen Peters for six. and then Anjali Gurjar went, trapped lbw to the bowling of Eileen Badham for one.

By this point. New Zealand hearts were lifting and with the scoreboard reading four down for 14 runs, a win was beginning to look a strong possibility. The introduction of spin in the form of the experienced leg spinner. Jackie Lord, spelt doom for the Indians. She ripped

through the last six Indian batswomen. who had no answer to her ability on the unpredictable pitch. She took the eighth Indian wicket with the second ball of the last over before tea. and tea was taken at that point. Epon resumption she dismissed the last two Indian players with the last two balls of the over and India was out for 37 Her remarkable bowling performance figures were six wickets for 10 runs off eight overs. The sensational New Zealand win by 43 runs, over India, was achieved in 34 overs.