With Shanghai's cricketers showing an end-of-the-season flourish—congratulations go to J. Parson on his "hat-trick" Jof centuries and to D. W. Leach jon Saturday's confirmation of his claim to be Shanghai's best all-rounder—discussion of the completed team chosen. to represent England in Australia is topical.
will be noted in the heading above, it has an almost, local flavour. D, R. Jardine, revisiting Australia with the added corea lof the captaincy which he is expected ably to discharge, takes [with him about as strong a side }as has ever sailed in search of, or defence of, the Ashes. He has, in Sutcliffe, Hammond, Leyland, Tate, Larwood, Duckworth and JAmes, seven professionals, all of whom are acquainted with Aus-[tralian wickets and except Ames, have played in Test Matches in Wyatt, li 0. Alien, although newcomers, Aus tralia, played in Test Matches in England against the Auetralians two years ago.
The men who like Ames, have yet to be chosen for an English Test team against Australia and are also strangers to that country are Verity, Voce, Mitchell, Brown and the Nawab of Pataudi, On current form and the season's performances their selection is fully justified. The choice of Mitchell, a spin bowler lof proved merit is a happy solution of the problem created by R. W. V. Robins's withdrawal. indeed with nine bowlers—Larwood, Verity, "Voce, Tate, Hammond, Mitchell, G. 0. Allen, R.E.S, Wyatt and F. R. Brown—Jat his command and' four of them at least possible centurions jas batsmen, Jardine is well~ provided with a variety of attack to cope with the machinations of Bradman—England's "greatest menace" in 1990. the batting department the two Indian wizards supply a strength which Suteliffe's consummate mastery and Hammond's _recovered greatness will make positively formidable, This doer Met, take into account the skip. pet's own established sounds land polish, R. E. S. Wyatt's gift for coming oft in an emergency, lor F. R. Brown's forcefulness, inferior only to that of "Duleep" in his best vein, Leyland has already shown Australia that Test Match cricket invites him to make a century. His. left-handed powers. of punishment should give the fielders at Sydney and elsewhere a busy, time, would be idle just now to speculate on the possible composition of the team for the big loceasions. P. F. Warner is going' las manager. His advice will be available to the captain and, as Hobbs is reported to be likely to fattend "in a new capacity og correspondent, Mr. Jardine will be in no want of expert assist lance. An eleven which is come posed of Sutcliffe, D. R. Jardin K. Duleepsinhji, Hammond, Brown, Tate, Voce, Larwood Verity, Mitchell' and Duckworth, with the Nawad as twelfth man, might easily be the first selection, Everything has to depend on th fitness of the various players at ithe end of their long journey, on the probable composition of the opposing side and the wicket on which the match will be played, The team has plenty of youth land no little experience. No member of it has yet shown signs lof age. "All have justified their selection not merely by their form of 1982 but by. recognised performances in earlier season Werity has been acclaimed og the tural successor to Rhodes, and: his startling feats this yeat "i have' deserved the label, Pataudl, has every stroke and the tent' perament for the big occasion ISo, from the new to the old hands is it possible to go through' ithe whole of the fifteen touriste. They are tackling no easy task... If any cricketers in England can! thring back those Ash¢s they are the men. May' they pack plenty, of rus away if their bags!
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