GREAT BENEFIT ANTICIPATED

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 154, 30 June 1926, Page 9

GREAT BENEFIT ANTICIPATED

(By Telegraph.)

(Special to the "Evening Post.")

CHBISTCHURCH, This Say.

Commenting 6n the decision to send a New Zealand cricket team to England during the next-English summer, Mr. D. Beesc, chairman of the Now Zealand Cricket Council, said that after the fine showing of the New Zealand cricket team in Australia last season great public interest would be taicenjin the bold move of the council *n its efforts to improve further the standard of New Zealand cricket. It would be a wonderful experience for New Zealand players to have first-class cricket continuously for three months, and as the English conditions were very." similar to those prevailing in New Zealand no doubt tb.e Dominion batsmen and bowlers would be able to reproduce their New Zealand form on the' English wickets. The New Zealand. batsmen did splendidly in Australia last season, and although the bowling figures wore not too good the New Zealand bowlers should do well on English wickets. It was the visits of. Australian and South African teams to England that had brought about such a rapid improvement in the standard of cricket in those countries, and it was reasonable to assume that the proposed tour next year would have a similar effect on New Zealand cricket. Mr. Reese said the team would" have to leave the Dominion about tho rfiiddle or end of March of next year. ;As it was proposed to play twenty-four- matches tho tour would occupy ...three months, playing at the rate of. two ■ matches a week. The present intention was to send not moro than fourteen players, although the Australian «i-icket team at present in England had sixteen players. It was felt even by the, Australians themselves that to have- five men standing out of each match was too many. ' :