Original sentence: Neil Harvey was vice captain and Australia's best batsman, but had lost to Peter May by a crushing 345 runs when he lead an Australian XI against the tourists and this must have affected their decision
Edited sentence: Neil Harvey was vice captain and Australia's best batsman and the "red-hot favourate fot the captaincy", but had lost to Peter May by a crushing 345 runs when he lead an Australian XI against the tourists and this must have affected their decision