Captains make vows
NZPA-Reuter East London The rebel Australian cricket captain, Kim Hughes, and his South African counterpart, Clive Rice, have promised not to criticise South African umpires, said the South African cricket boss, Mr Ali Bacher. Their promise came after a mounting controversy which has forced two of the nation’s leading umpires to resign. Mr Bacher said the cap-
tains had agreed to a “re-
quest” to abstain, from any further comments on umpiring to the news media for the rest of the tour by the. Australian rebels.* After the first two unofficial "test” matches, Hughes and Rice each made scathing comments about the standard of umpiring. They complained after the first encounter that several players had been given out when they were not
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Press, 13 January 1987, Page 11
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