CRICKET TESTS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 143, 20 June 1925, Page 19

CRICKET TESTS

LIMITED TO THREE DAYS IN ENGLAND.

The W. P. O.s decision, alloting only three days for each of the test matches hi 7^ la? d =next vea.r—^ith the proviso that the final test is to be played out if the rubber depends on it—has disappointed numbers of the county cricketers in -England, and is opposed by many newspapers.

rhe chief objection, of course, is that, with two aides evenly matched cm a good wicket, or, on the contrary, where bad weather interferes with play, three days are not sufficient in which to reach, a definite result. . " ,<n S£ an?,. conn*y .eriefceters," says [the ffciSawT' &1 ftat the. 1926 tests will be limited to three days.

This newspaper points out that, in ■new of tie erratic weather, and tho strength of tho batting compared with that of tho oowling, three days arc insufficient. ■ ■ "

Sporting Life" says : "Despite Gilligan a optimism, the prospect of-an En»jsh victory in 1926 is nouo too bright uaess England immediately commences to build: up her side. "Tbo elimination of tho chaoces of the tosa would deprive the game of much of its charm and delightful uncertainty I here is no desire to eliminato the sporting chance together. The weather is so interwoven as pajt aud parcel of cricket mat the covenng of the wicket would tend to make the game artificial ajid an indoor, rather than an outdoor, sport " - The "Star," calling attention to 'the Australian plans to try out all possible test players, declares : "It is time to protest against the apathy of the Marylabone mandarins, who, after England has suffered a fresh series of disasters, are as supine as ever, and ara not devising any schemes to develop young talent Why cannot England think a year ahead like Australia does, instead of improvisine in tho face of tho foe?"

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