CRICKET

Evening Star, Issue 21316, 21 January 1933, Page 12

CRICKET

M.G.G. TEAM FDR INDIA Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. CALCUTTA, January 19. 'The M.C.C. has accepted an invitation from the Indian Board of Cricket Control to send a team to tour India. The draft itinerary, covering four months, from October 15 to the end of February, provies for seventy-eights days of cricket, including three tests at Delhi, Bombay, and Secunderbad, in Deccan. It is hoped in the near future to make arrangements by which a tour from an Australian team can be arranged., ... THE THIRD TEST BETTER TEAM WON Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright* SYDNEY, January 20. The Sydney ‘ Sun’s ’ special representative at Adelaide, says; “ There is no argument that England won the test on her merits, being all round an infinitely better team than the Australian team. Most of the Australian batsmen failed, and with two or three exceptions did not show anything like their real-form.” LEG THEORY CONTROVERSY LONDON, January 20. (Received January 21, at II a.m.)' In letters appearing in the newspapers on the leg-theory controversy a surprisingly large number are sympathetic to the viewpoint of the Australians, contending that Gregory and never bowled the leg trap.