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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16451, 13 June 1921, Page 8

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THE WICKET AT LORDS. TAMED BY WATERING. By Telegrapb—Press Association— Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received Juno 13, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON June 13. Mr A. C. MacLaren, writing in the " Daily Express," says that the authorities at- Lord s have hitherto used no patent iop-dreesing for their wickets. They have left tho rani and eun J-o do their work alone, but after Durston felled Armstrong (in the M.C.G. match in May), it was clear that watering! was needed. A tame pitch was a trifle evident on Saturday. Every hit of devilment it naturally possessed hsd been kept water, "' it *'killed Gregory, and also made Douglas, Durston and Parkin impotent. For once in a lifetime batsmen could trust the wickot to play no pranks.

THE SECOND TEST. WARNER’S COMMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received June 13, 12.25 p.in.) LONDON. June 12. P. F. Warner, in the' “ Morning Post,’' says, “The British bowling locked distinction. Tho fielding compared moat unfavourably with th- Australians’. Even Alfred Sliaw could not have oeaten Armstrong’s record of nine runs in eight bowling unchanged for an hour and three-quar-ters. Tho great want of English bowling at the present time is length which is the basic principle of all bowling.” AN ERROR IN TACTICS. and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received June 13, 12. > p.m.) LONDON, June 12. The “ Daily Chronicle ” says that England’s position is largely due to tactics. Hendren should never go in fourth. ilia place is number six or seven, unless the first three have done unexpectedly well. He was forced to play a- game' quite foreign to his iat ire, J« fence beirg the weakest part of his game. Evans or Douglas should be the English fourth man. Haig should have opened the bowling. Rhodes a bowling was much missed. THE EIGHT BALL OVER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Aesocia-tion (Received June 13, 12.5 C p.m.) '.LONDON, June 33. Tlie “ Observer’s ” cricketing expert says that the eight-ball over was never accepted by Marylebone. It was provocative of unfinished games, and especially would this be the ca« Gin English cricket owing to tho prevalence of time-wasting strokeless batsmen. It would unfairly handicap and tire V:nac.climat jsed Ei glish bcwl,er&_in Australia ii adopted in Australia It should stand in abeyance in matches against visiting teams on the ground of fair play.