“AFTER THE ASHES”
WHEN WILD ENGLISH TEAM BE READY? FOUR DAYS’ TEST CONTROVERSY (Received Jan. 31, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 30. The Observer says Australia has her team in. being to-day, and'asks, Shall England have her team one, two or three months’ hence, and even if assembled on paper, what will be ; ts prospects of becoming welded into unity, as the visitors will by daily practice. -Discussing the controversy over four-day tests, the Observer asks what are the chances of bringing the oncounters to a finish in. three days when the «sidcs opposed arc quite super-normal in hatting, power, with bowling not above the ordinary test level, and liable to be reduced', lie know the argument that four-day matches v.ould reduce county teams for a whole week. This means we meet Australia, not with our - whole strength and’ energy, but with only what we can. spare. The cricket authorities ought to have decided at the outset whether they regarded victory in the tests as the supreme, or as the limited consideration. If the former, then we ought to have four-day matches. — A.N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 10016, 1 February 1926, Page 5
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