Batsmen blitzed

Press, 19 February 1988, Page 32

Batsmen blitzed

NZPA Hamilton Chris Cairns, the son of the celebrated former New Zealand all rounder Lance Cairns, and the Northern District fastbowler Shane Thomson yesterday painted a rosy future for New Zealand’s cricket.

The pair crashed clean through the Indian upper and middle order batting to give the New Zealand under-19 cricket team the ascendancy at Seddon Park, Hamilton, in the first youth test between the countries.

Cairns and, Thomson devastated the Indian innings by taking seven wickets within 34 minutes in the middle of the first session — and that period included a drinks break.

They would have done even better if the slip field had not failed to

grasp at least two chances, with - a third questionable. Thomson took three of his victims unaided — two bowled and a caught and bowled — in a spell of four for nine from nine overs. NEW ZEALAND First innings 160 INDIA First innings Ramdas b Pringle 6 N.- Mangia lbw Cairns . . 30 M. Senthilnathan c and b Thomson 31 Pravin Amroy c Roberts b Thomson 0 Anande Deshpande c Pringle b Cairns 3 Shyam Sinder b Thomson 1 S. Rannerjes lbw Cairns . 3 Verkat Pati Raju not out 1 Hirwani not out 2 Extras (b2, Ibl, nb6, w2) 11 Total (for 8 wkts) 91 Fall: 18, 77, 77, 81, 82, 84, 88, Bowling: Cairns 10-1-36-3; Pringle 10-1-38-1; Kember 1-0-4-0; Thomson 9-5-9-4.