Dust storms spare Southern Districts
A match report from The Cricketer of the MCC's tour game against Southern Districts
23-Oct-2007
Drawn
In the Southern Districts' first innings, Bennett and Sadlier added 80 for the second wicket, while later Sly, driving well, made a capital 67 not out. The MCC batsmen all hit freely, Brown getting his runs in an hour.
The weather was most unpleasant on the second day. There was a dust storm and red dust almost obscured the players from view. One whirl-wind of dust blew the bails off. Later on tons of dust from Broken Hill were blown on to the ground and the names of the players on the scoreboard were ripped off by the force of the wind. Finally, there came thunder, lightning, and a few drops of rain which held up play for half an hour at one period.