Title 'London.' CU. Pan, cricketers Peter Parfitt and John Edrich walk out to open for England at start of the England versus The Rest of The World 11. GV. Crowd applauding. GV. Zoom in, Parfitt opening at far end. L. V. Pollock of South Africa fields the ball and throws back. LV. Bowler...
Title 'London.' CU. Pan, cricketers Peter Parfitt and John Edrich walk out to open for England at start of the England versus The Rest of The World 11. GV. Crowd applauding. GV. Zoom in, Parfitt opening at far end. L. V. Pollock of South Africa fields the ball and throws back. LV. Bowler runs up and bowls to Edrich. SV. As Edrich plays defensive stroke. CU. Man in crowd looking through binoculars. LV. Graham McKenzie of Australia runs up and bowls to Parfitt. LV. Hanif Mohammed of Pakistan catches Parfitt out for 11. SV. Crowd watching. LV. Ted Dexter batting. He gets a thick edge and does not seem to know where it went as he looks round for it. CU. Crowd laughing. LV. Jim Parks batting, he can't make up his mind whether to run or not. SV. Pollock fields and throws back quickly. LV. Parks runs back to his wicket, just as ball is thrown at it. GV. South African cricketer K. C. Bland bowls to Parks who sweeps the ball away for four. GV. Crowd applaud. SV. The rest openers come out. Australian Bobby Simpson and Mohammed. GV. Snow bowls to Mohammed who plays the ball down the wicket. LV. Parks fields. SV. As Mohammed bats, he lifts one high and starts to run. GV. As he is caught by Barry Knight. LV. Crowd applauding. GV. As Higgs bowls to Pollock, they take one run. GV. Play in progress. England wins the match.
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