Date-stamped : 03 Nov93 - 05:54
   England's XI suffered another defeat when  the  Rest
of  the World won the first of two one-day games at the
Jesmond Festival by 37 runs on Tuesday.  Players on the
fringe  of  the national team failed to impress England
manager Keith Fletcher, leaving skipper Mike Gatting to
achieve respectability with 90 off 109 balls.  But once
Gatting had taken  six  overs  to  get  off  the  mark,
England  never  threatened  to get close to the Rest of
the World's 55-over total of 309 for five,  closing  on
272 for nine.
   Tom Graveney gave the Man  of  the  Match  award  to
India's   latest   batting  star,  Ajay  Jadeja,  whose
immaculate timing brought him 87 off 94 balls.  Jadeja,
22,  who  played  in three Tests in South Africa in the
winter, came in as a late replacement for  the  injured
Salim  Malik  while  Gordon  Greenidge  took  over  the
captaincy when Viv Richards cried off with  hay  fever.
Greenidge  made  59 but Phil Simmons, who has succeeded
him as West Indies opener, was top scorer with 104  off
151 balls.
   One  of  his  three  sixes,  a  straight  drive  off
Glamorgan  off-spinner Robert Croft, which cleared some
three-storey  houses  adjoining  the  ground,  was  the
biggest blow on the tiny Newcastle ground for 44 years.
<END> Contributed by murari    (venka@*me.utexas.edu)

ENGLAND HOPEFULLS FAIL TO IMPRESS
Keith Fletcher saw an England XI suffer another loss when the
Rest of the World won the first of two one day games at the
Jesmond Festival by 37 runs.
Players on the fringe of the national team failed to impress the
England manager  only Mike Gatting achieving respectability with
90 off 109 balls.
But England never threatened to get close to the Rest of the
World 55 over total of 309 5  closing on 272 9.

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