Date-stamped : 15 Jan95 - 18:39
West Indies v Sir Ron Brierly's XI, One-day Match
played at Whangarei, 15 January 1995

Stuart Williams and Sherwin Campbell started the West Indies tour
of  New Zealand with centuries in a comfortable win over a select
XI including former Australian test  great  Jeff Thomson.    They
were  up  against  the  Sir Ron Brierly XI, which also had oldies
like former New Zealand  captain  John Wright  and  New   Zealand
allrounder  Lance  Cairns.  Thomson did not work up the pace that
once gained him the nickname "Thommo the Terrible" and ended  the
match with figures of 37-0 off eight overs. But it was mainly in-
tended as a fun match.

The rest of Sir Ron`s team comprised promising young players  and
few  more  who have been seen recently in the national team, like
spinner Dipak Patel.  For the record, Williams and Campbell   put
on   an   excellent   first   wicket  stand  of 237.  West Indies
scored 273-3 off their 50 overs.  After  making  sure  their  op-
ponents  were  not   going   to win, the West Indies offered some
generous bowling which gave the batsmen opportunities to make bit
hits.    But   the  tourists  did  not let things get out of hand
and won by 41 runs.  The  first  serious  game  of  the  tour  is
scheduled for Tuesday  when the West Indies play Auckland.

<END> Contributed by vasa (Vasanthan.Dasan@Central.Sun.COM)