MELBOURNE.

Oct 9 : Captain Allan Border be lieves Australia can work around

the new restrictive bouncer law for this summer’s Test series against India.

The International Cricket ■Council Introduced a three-year experimental law which took effect on October 1 limit tng bowler to only one bouncer per batsman during an

The Australian camp believes many Indian batsmen have a weakness against the short rising ball and Border said here Wednesday that the Australians should be able lo work around the law for the scries, beginning In Brisbane on November 29.

I can understand the theory behind it. but I don’t like the actual legislation." border said.

' If you're bowling to a class player, sometimes you want to get up him a little hit more than one bouncer per over.

"I think the umpires should be strong enough to step In if the short ball is being overused and I m not for the actual k-glslation.” he said.

The West Indians and their battery of pacemen have been blamed for the proliferation of bourn ■ rs in recent times and Border said this method would also w-xk for his side.

It s the fast bowler's major weapon and (the new rule) will hamstring him a little hit, but

a good fast bowler will still work around it very well," Border said.

"The West Indies use good short balls at the body, which arc still legal and very hard to play.

India has not played a full series In Australia since 1977-

78 although its last scries here was six years ago.

Of the 45 Tests between the two countries since 1947, Australia has won 20, lost eight, drawn 16 with one tied.

"We will be up against it this summer with their batting, but

I'm not too sure about the strength of ihcir bowling." Border said of the Indian said.

The Indians arrive in Perth on November 11 with their opening game, a one-day er against an Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI at Lilac Hill, four days later.

SA boys at AIS

Meanwhile, another message from Adelaide said : The first black South African crick ctors to be accepted by the Australian Institute of Sport cricket academy arrived here for a month-long slay Wednesday.

Walter Masemola. a 16-ycor-oid pace bowler from Johannesburg and 17-year-old left arm allrounder Leslie Duiker of Bloemfontein will be under the guidance of head academy coach and former Australian Test wicketkeeper Rod Marsh.

The pair were selected for the Australian visit from a coaching clinic for 70 young black South Africans coun-ductcd by former West Indian captain Clive Lloyd.

They will train with the academy I until November 7*i during which time they will be accompanied by . African National Congress (ANC) member Ngconde Balfour.

Marsh said Wednesday the teenagers will be treated the same as all other scholarship holders, who generally develop into first class Sheffield Shield cricketers'.