EX-ENGLAND PLAYERS DAY OUT.

By Brian Sanderson,

This morning was cloudy with a cold North wind. Weetwood is not the best place to watch cricket when a cold wind is blowing it has no protection.

The match was a 50 over match Leeds and Bradford University against Oxford University.I sat with Tony Hutton, Malcolm and John Tipley.Leeds batted first and were never comfortable batting. The only time they looked like scoring 250 was when Kruger and Ghany were batting. Kruger had just finishing playing for Holland and Ghany had scored a century for Bradford and Bingley in the Bradford League. They put a stand to-gether of about 80 before Leeds reached 199. The bowling was standy but they bowled a number of wides with the pink ball.

The Oxford captain Young opened the batting and scored a good fifty.Leeds opened the bowling with Reece and Ghany for the first time this season Higginbottom was not playing and Wilson just fielded at long leg and looked very cold.While we were watch ing Richard Dawson passed us wearing glasses. Nobody recongised him at first but he stopped to talk to John Tipley. Richard still plays one-day cricket for Glouchester.

The cricket was not exciting and Leeds seem to playing as a practice match. I left with Oxford wanting 60 with five wickets in hand and plenty of over to go.At least the Castleford and Leeds match was better and warmer watching inside.