Interesting selection
By
R. T. Brittenden
in Well-
ington Seven present or former test players have been included in the President’s XI which will play Australia at Lancaster Park next weekend. The team, which will be led by John Morrison, has in it Bruce Blair, Stephen Boock, Brendon Bracewell, John Bracewell, Vaughan Brown, Trevor Franklin, Evan Gray, Warren Lees, Paul McEwan, Gary Robertson and Peter Webb. John Reid is still not available because of injury. The major disappointment in the selection is that David Stead, Canterbury’s all-roun-
der, has not been given a chance to play at this level.
He has earned it. However, the selectors are still clearly conscious of the areas of concern in their test team, and the side has been based on a desire to try out those who are challenging for places.
it is an extraordinary combination, however, with only Robertson and Brendon Bracewell having pretensions to pace, and a batch of four spinners, Boock, John Bracewell, Gray and Brown. The New Zealand team for the second test will be announced on Sunday after the second day's play.
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Press, 1 March 1982, Page 34
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