Rebel cricketers in narrow escape
NZPA-AAP Port Elizabeth The Australian rebel cricketers escaped with a lastgasp draw in their match against South African Universities at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, on Wednesday. At stumps on the final day, the tourists, who had been set a winning target of 237, were nine for 203. The Universities XI, after trailing by one run on the first innings, declared its second an hour after lunch on Wednesday at five for 237. The Australians faltered at
the start of their run chase, losing five wickets with only 70 runs on the board. Then a fighting 81-run sixth wicket stand between Mick Taylor and Greg Shipperd gave them an outside chance of victory. But they lost their momentum when Taylor was out for 70 with 72 runs still needed for victory. In the end it was a desperate battle for survival with Shipperd’s the ninth wicket to fall — he made 48 — off the third last ball of the day.
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Press, 10 January 1986, Page 20
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