Australian Women Lead In Cricket Test
WELLINGTON, March 22. j Showing superiority in every department the Australian women 's j cricket team obtained a firm grip ot ! the game in the seeond day's play of- | the test match against the New Zealand women 's team at tlie Basin Re- j serve, Wellington, to-day. Ilesuming | with 316 on for the loss of four j wickets the Australians rau. their lir.st innings total to 338 for six and then declared. Revealing a wide variety of bo'wlihg the Australians then dismissed JNew Zealand for 149 and foreed them to follow on. At stumps the New Zealanders had lost three for 51. This mean that New Zealand will have to j bat well to-day to avoid an innings | defeat as they still require 188 with j only seven .wickets in hand. •. ! When the Australians resumed Miss S Paisley quickly reaehed her dentury j whxeh had taken exac.tly ' three honrs, | but eight runs later her sterling inu- ( ings was terminated when she was we.ll | held off Miss Fulfofd. Miss Paisley 's j .10S ineluded 10 fours.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 March 1948, Page 7
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181Australian Women Lead In Cricket Test Chronicle (Levin), 23 March 1948, Page 7
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