SUN AFTER RAIN
Bowlers Reap Harvest On Rain-Affected Wickets A.C.A. CRICKET REVIEW THE breaking of the drought which has lost thousands of pounds to dairy fanners in the Auckland Province was welcomed even in cricketing circles on Saturday. Crumbling outfields and glazed pitches imbibed the precious moisture after weeks of severely restricted artrificial watering, and the prospect of sticky wickets was appreciated as much for its novelty as it was a useful test of batsmen in the event of similar conditions being experienced when the Australians are here.
VT Victoria Park, the wickets have been in a parlous plight for several weeks past, and even at Eden Park, which has its own water supply, tho carefully prepared wickets have been onlv green-brown patches in a desert of clusty outfields. For the first tinie this season, the winning of the toss invested the games on Saturday with a big element of luck. Fleeting gusts of wind and fitful sunshine half dried the wickets into a veritable porridge pot, and all day long, runs were hard to get.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 289, 27 February 1928, Page 6
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