CRICKET
ENGLAND'S FIRST SEVEN ,
The "Observer's" cricket correspondent, London, discussing team-.building, in view of the Tests, emphasises that reports' suggest that Australia's first seven batsmen will be an extraordinarily powerful run-getting combination, necessitating England's discovering seven batsmen capable of neutralising them and also finding an attack capable of dismissing them economically. He refers to the familiar problem of finding England's opening pair, and urges the reinclusion of Sutcliffe, who is still younger than many Test batsmen, enabling the first seven to be Sutcliffe, Hutton, Hammond, Hardstaff, Leyland, Ames, and Yardley. The writer admits that the bowling is a more difficult problem, but believes that Bowes and Fames are Engr land's best fast bowlers, and Verity the most dangerous slow left-hander, and declares that P. Smith, the Essesf googly bowler, who last year took 153 wickets at 19.60. could not be less sue* 1 cessfill ..than Robins,•J3ro.wn.AnriSim*-*
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1938, Page 23
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146CRICKET Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1938, Page 23
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