CRICKET TEST.

Wairarapa Age, 29 July 1936, Page 3

CRICKET TEST.

HEAVY SCORING IN ENGLAND’S INNINGS. OPENING INDIAN BATSMEN MAKE A STAND. LONDON, July 27. Scoring was heavy on the second day of the Test match between England and All India at Manchester. England’s innings was declared closed at 571 for eight wickets, Hanfmond being top-scorer with 167, and India replied with 190 for no wickets in their second innings.

England, whose score at stumps on Saturday was 173 for two wickets was favoured with •an excellent, wicket. • Hammond (118) and Worthington (5) scored freely. Both went *out in atI tempting to force the pace, as did Fishlock. Hardstaff compiled his runs in smart time. He played a magnificent innings, featured by hard driving. Verity batted sedately, but Robins was lucky. Requiring 368 runs to avert an innings defeat, M. Mushtaqali and Merchant began sprightly and ran up 100 in 81 minutes. Mushtaqali then attacked the bowling vigorously and reached his century after 135 minutes. Details:— INDIA. First innings .. . 203 Second Innings. Mushtaqali, not out . .. 105 Merchant, not out 79 Extras 0 Total for no wickets 190 ENGLAND. First Innings. Cfimblett, b Nissar 9 Fagg, lbw b Mashtaqali 39 Hammond, bC. K. Nayudu .. .. 167 Worthington, b C. S. Nayudu .. 87 Fishlock, b C. K. Nayudu 6 Hardstaff, e and b Amar Singh .. 94 Allen, c Meherhomji, b Amar Singh T Robins, c Merchant, b Nissar .. 76 Verity, not out 66 Duckworth, not out 10 Extras 16 Total for eight wickets (dec.) .. 571 Bowling analysis: Nissar, 2/125; Amar Singh, 2/121; C. 8. Nayudu, 1/87; C. K. Nayudu, 1/84; J. Khan, 0/57; Merchant, 0/17; Mashtaqali, 1/64.