Recovering -the Ashes
It might almost be said that the Test Matches rubber was won by Paynter, for not only did the Lancashire player stir the admiration of friends and opponents equally by rising from a hospital bed to make an in- valuable 'score of 88 in the first innings of the Brisbane match, but it fell to him appropriately (thanks to Jardine's most fitting decision to make a change in the batting order) to put the match finally to England's credit with a hit for six, which took the score not merely to the 160 needed for victory but to 168, England thus winning with six wickets ' to spare. There has rarely been a Test team more uniformly sound than the eleven
led by Mr. Jardine. To his captaincy, and particularly his judicious handling of his bowling, much of the success achieved has been due, and among his colleagues, though it is almost invidious to single out individuals for special mention, Larwood by his bowling (quite apart from any
leg-trap success), and Ames by the batting with which he supplemented his brilliant wicket-keeping, stand out conspicuous. But the success has been the success of the team as a whole, and though this year's Australian elevens may not have reached the level of recent pre- decessors, the 1933 Tests are a notable demonstration of the quality of English cricket.
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