To-morrow's Big Cricket Test

NZ Truth, Issue 1143, 27 October 1927, Page 12

To-morrow's Big Cricket Test

1| (By Cable. — From Charlie Kelleway.) §1 || SYDNEY, Tuesday. ff

|| THE reputation gained by the || New Zealanders m England §1 has preceded them, and we are || now looking forward to bright || breezy cricket during the match, |i which commences to-morrow. 11 The returning tourists are likely II to be short of a gallop with only

|| three days m which to || practise. ll The New South II Wales team represents II a good selection for the || first mateh — it is solid II m every department. H It is impossible to anil nounce the New Zeaii land side and it will

if be to-morrow morning II before it will be known

li just who are best fitted to play. ll After a long boat trip some || players run into form more quickly 11 than others. II I should say the most attractive H ' side of the team will be its batting |l strength. Six men scored over 11 1000 runs on the tour, and the tone

of the batting was always bright, li The cables last week said the || bowling strength was stronger || than that of the Australian team || which toured England the previ- || ous season, but it would be hard || to say that. The Australian at- \\ tack, though weak, was varied. ||

It was amazing to =| read that the fielding || was poor m a team of || youngish players; that §1 should have been their || strongest point. || A critic has said || James is more wonder- II ful than Oldfield. To U herald James m that \\

super class is tough on || that individual. He is a ||

good Aunt Sally, and learned a lot |f from Oldfield, while that player || ' was m New Zealand. || The cables declare that the §1 slow bowlers are a lot better than || Mailey. I will put my money on || Mailey, though a lot of critics y think he should be dropped. 1|