Complex sentence: His leg-spin was helped by the matting wickets used by the British Army cricket team and as he was the only NCO in the team when they played the officers travelled in staff cars and Barrington by himself in an army truck.
Split into simpler sentences: His leg-spin was helped by the matting wickets used by the British Army cricket team. As he was the only NCO in the team, when they played the officers travelled in staff cars and Barrington by himself in an army truck.