Heat on tomorrow
NZPA staff correspondent Sydney The New Zealand cricket team received a' chilling warning yesterday that temperatures are likely to reach 42deg during their Benson and Hedges World Series Cup final at the Sydney Cricket Ground today. The New South Wales weather office predicted that temperatures would hit the low forties at their peak this afternoon, adding that the
testing conditions are likely to be aggravated by wind gusts of up to 50 knots. New Zealand faced similar conditions during their preliminary round match against Australia in Adelaide two weeks ago when direct heat readings' on the playing area reached 49deg. C. Then, at least one of their number was struck by heat exhaustion and others were forced to suck ice cubes to avoid dehydration.
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Press, 9 February 1983, Page 46
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