After their bowling inadequacies were exposed earlier in the series, Australia gambled this time by dropping a batsman. |
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But now, captains can bolster their teams with either a batsman or an extra bowler depending on the situation. |
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Increasingly, it seems, such restraint, like a batsman walking when he nicks it, has gone the way of the dodo. |
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The batsman knows he is out, yet, I've never heard of a match referee suspending a batsman for not walking. |
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Has any batsman scored an unbeaten century in each innings of a Test match and still finished on the losing side? |
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Andrew Flintoff has just become the eighth English batsman to score a century this summer. |
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It was the first time since 1949 that a batsman had scored two centuries against South Africa in a Test match. |
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It's not often a batsman gets a century when the opposition has scored only one hundred and sixty five. |
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His 107 represented the seventh occasion a New Zealand batsman had scored a century on debut. |
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The wicket and outfield was so batsman friendly that any batsman worth his salt could have turned the match on its head. |
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Sometimes if a good batsman was at the wicket the ships were hit by sixers. |
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My opening batsman will be Sunil Gavaskar as there is no doubting his record or achievements. |
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The 34-year-old former Kent batsman has been in record-breaking form for Guyana this season. |
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A batsman could move forward and back, and with dignity to the off, to hook, but a gentleman never retreated to leg, certainly not a Wykehamist. |
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They picked their best batsman, their best bowler and their best all-rounder. |
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The brief hiatus from Test cricket hasn't added too much zest to his bowling, but it seems to have revitalised Javagal Srinath the batsman. |
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Some great strokes and hard running from the batsman managed to make it seven needed from the last over. |
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This mystery man is Ashok Gandotra, a left-hand batsman who won two Test caps for India. |
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A left-handed batsman, Raina has averaged over 43 runs in 15 first-class matches so far. |
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The Sri Lankans may opt for the leg breaks of Upul Chandana, who is also an excellent fielder and decent batsman. |
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Who else could bowl a bouncer, an off break, a leg break and a googly in an over and applaud when a batsman hooked a bouncer for a four? |
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Contrary to media reports this week, South African batsman, Daryll Cullinan has not officially retired from international cricket. |
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A middle-order batsman and leg-spinner for his team, he idolises Sachin Tendulkar and misses Anil Kumble. |
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He is a right-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler who may well pose problems for premier division batsmen. |
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The stylish right-hand batsman was sent home only three days before the start of a triangular series. |
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Strauss, who made a round 50 on Tuesday, was the only England batsman to pass 45 runs in the match. |
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However, a batsman who has opted for a runner cannot act as a runner for another batsman. |
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Fleming stated before this match that he needed to start making runs, as every international batsman does. |
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With no batsman the aim is simply to hit the stumps or knock the bails off. |
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A grafting right-handed batsman, he made two of his three centuries in his first seven Tests. |
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Walkden's South African Doug Watson is a textbook batsman who has scored 1,100 runs this season. |
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At the last minute they must have changed their minds and gone with a seventh batsman and four seamers. |
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The star batsman, who is banned for life for alleged match fixing, is here in a different role as a media representative in the ongoing Asia Cup. |
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Inzy is a fine slip fielder and a substantial batsman, one of the world's best. |
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Over the last three years he's pretty much been the leading batsman in world cricket. |
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As a batsman or bowler any player has to accomplish certain things to be in the team. |
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I have been working hard on my batting and I want to contribute not just as a bowler but also as a batsman. |
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But the vote goes to Andy Flower, the best batsman of the lot and a fine wicketkeeper. |
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It's the first time a batsman has outscored the opposition in each innings of a match. |
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It was only at club and county level in England that he improved on his batting and became the batsman that he is today. |
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He struck back with a ripping topspinner that the batsman only managed to edge back onto his stumps. |
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This genial cricketer has also shown that a batsman does not have to really belt the ball to emerge a match-winner. |
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Earlier in the day, the tourists were sent galloping along by former Spen batsman Wasim Jaffer. |
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Jonah was a good batsman, which made up for his lack of ability with the bat, preferring to field at mid-off. |
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And thus it was that the career of a great Indian batsman was influenced and shaped by the example of a great Pakistani batsman. |
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On the other side of it, what if an illegal-action bowler bowls a batsman out consistently? |
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Anybody who has ever played the game knows that if a batsman is bowled, there is no need to appeal to the umpire. |
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A batsman gives it away by playing a rash shot, or misjudging the line and length, or playing the wrong shot. |
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However, McIntyre quickly took revenge to have the batsman caught at short mid-wicket by Love. |
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Flintoff spotted Ganguly charging down the pitch and dropped it short only for the batsman to carve the ball deep into the crowd. |
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He is a fine batsman but it is his gift for words that distinguishes him from the rest of the mob who play cricket and then write about it. |
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He is possibly, even probably, the best left-handed batsman Australia has had, and certainly the best of all the Victorian mollydookers. |
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England batsman Kevin Pietersen will not be available for the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the upcoming Twenty20 Champions League. |
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The bowler steps up to the crease and rolls an underarm delivery on the ground straight at the batsman. |
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Adams, the 33-year-old Jamaican batsman, deserved better than this undignified end to his reign. |
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The next time India play Australia and an Indian batsman crosses 80, you can bet that the Aussies will sledge him about his selfishness. |
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As a batsman you're never going to win a sledging contest against 11 fielders. |
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He is an opening batsman or number three, a brilliant fielder in the deep and a useful legspinner and googly bowler. |
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He was such a natural batsman and could adapt so easily to the differing bounce in the pitch. |
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Is he exempt if he damages a tail-end batsman when bowling a bouncer at their heads? |
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Unsurprisingly, faced with a resolute batsman Gilchrist was not sparing with bouncers or the occasional beamer. |
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If he were a batsman, you could bowl him a succession of bouncers and he'd be unlikely to come down the pitch angrily pointing his bat at you. |
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The umpire ignored two huge snicks from Aussie batsman as New Zealand pressed for victory in the third Test. |
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I propose that each batsman face only 90 balls and has to retire at the end of it if he is unbeaten. |
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On the field he is a wonderful bowler, a very decent batsman and one of the real characters of the game. |
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He captained the senior team in the year 1994 and in between those years he turned up to be a fine batsman. |
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Fleming is a capable outfielder and a useful lower-order batsman who likes to challenge the attack with shots square of the wicket. |
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Umpire Peter Wright consulted with his colleague Mike George at square leg before sending a disappointed batsman on his way. |
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The former Nottinghamshire batsman hit 134 not out as Wimbledon won by six wickets. |
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He is not a shuffler and nudger of the ball like many stumpers, but a classical batsman. |
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As a batsman or an umpire a ball always has your number on it and if I made a mistake, so be it. |
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Four singles, two of them in the infield, a steal, a wild pitch, a hit batsman, four more runs. |
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In the shadows of stumps Jason Gillespie added his second delicious off-cutter to remove his second batsman of the day to shouldered arms. |
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He is a right-hand batsman and off-spinner, who has best first-class figures of 5 for 104 and a top score of 85 under his belt. |
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Giffen was an attacking batsman and had a variety of strokes including powerful off and on drives. |
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No matter what their decisions, Lancashire must recruit at least one top-class batsman, preferably an opener, and possibly two. |
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He was also goalie for the White Lion on Sundays for a few seasons and played cricket as a batsman, usually an opener. |
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To deprive your country of a batsman of epic strong-mindedness for the sake of a big gesture would not be appropriate to Hussain's career. |
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If a batsman breaks his bat when striking the ball, and a piece of the bat hits the stumps, how is he out? |
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Sangakkara then stumped new batsman Justin Ontong off the bowling of Chandana for seven, leaving South Africa on 119 for five. |
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And, now 70, he has turned out for the club ever since, outfoxing many a batsman with those slow left-handers. |
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Nehra is one bowler who has the ability to swing the ball both ways and to have sacrificed him to play an extra batsman was a big mistake. |
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Let me ask if a 'HOWZAT?' cry is cheating when the batsman is clearly not out? |
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As soon as he completed his run, he lifted his bat and waved it at the crowds, the way a batsman does when he scores a 50 or a hundred. |
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Usually a batsman who plays his shots, he kept them firmly in the locker as he shared two significant partnerships that rebuilt the innings. |
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The batsman beautifully caresses the ball through extra cover, timing it to perfection. |
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Like Greg, he was a right-handed batsman, a superb slip fielder and occasional leg-spin bowler. |
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Unlike at Lord's, this time the England close fielders remembered to ask the batsman if he was all right. |
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Thinking themselves unbeatable, the Australians claim they fear no batsman, bowler nor fielder. |
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A batsman tries to stop the fieldsman from getting the ball by getting in his way. |
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However, from his first over in Kingston he has troubled the West Indian batsman by pitching the ball up and inviting them to drive. |
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Fulton's hundred, his fourth in first-class cricket, was continuing evidence of his growing stature as a batsman for the future. |
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The batsman plays and misses, and is hit on the pads plumb in front of the wicket. |
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England batsman Michael Vaughan hits a cover drive while Holland keeper Jeroen Smits looks on. |
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He was a courageous and hard-hitting batsman, a brilliant fielder at cover point, and an inspirational captain. |
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All full tosses above the waist, and bouncers over the shoulder of the batsman will be called a no ball. |
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A short-rising ball from Farmer was unplayable by the batsman and the match ended as a draw with the scores tied. |
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He was a strong left-handed batsman who scored all around the wicket, but had a preference to square cuts, hooks and deft leg glances. |
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The home team produced a testing delivery which the batsman was only able to block. |
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The batsman cannot take his eyes off the slow stride to the crease, the spectator holds his breath. |
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A batsman can never really get his eye in on such pitches, and there is always the chance of a mean delivery springing up suddenly. |
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The reason for India's good performance in the last couple of years was due to the solid performance of this gritty batsman. |
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The Guyanese batsman has so far played 158 Test matches having scored 11,684 runs with 30 centuries. |
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England supporters will be well aware of a disputed LBW dismissal of top West Indian batsman Brian Lara in the final test at the Oval. |
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Lancashire are hoping that the 23 years-old leg-spinner and left-handed batsman can make an impact this season after a winter spell with the England Academy. |
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In 1931 he famously bowled Australia's great batsman out for a duck. |
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Being a batsman with an insatiable hunger for runs, he will also no doubt gorge himself at the expense of bowling attacks the length and breadth of the country. |
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This is an instinctive reaction when a batsman has edged the ball, although not foolproof when combined with the other evidence suggests the decision was correct. |
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Opening the second innings the batsman was caught out for a duck. |
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Lehmann, also in his final game, signed off with a flourish, his 69 runs making him Yorkshire's highest scoring batsman in league knockout cricket. |
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But if the bowler can knock the bails off the wickets, the batsman is out. |
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He has revolutionised Test cricket with his policy of scoring runs fast, yet on a dodgy wicket he is perhaps the most unremovable batsman spawned. |
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But Yorkshire are still awaiting instructions from England as to whether they can bowl Craig or go on using him solely as a batsman if his back injury is still troubling him. |
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He was still a world class batsman when he was keeping wicket. |
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Dravid is a quality batsman but, against the odds, not one who can go toe-to-toe with the world's best bowlers and wrest the initiative from their grasp. |
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He actually made 191 runs, and in so doing eclipsed the record previously held by Sir Vivian Richards as the most prolific West Indian batsman ever! |
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Otherwise why would Moin Khan, the wicket-keeper batsman of tigerish resolve on the cricket field, greet you with a warm, affectionate hug every time you met him? |
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Who then, is the greatest batsman of all time, in the cricketing world? |
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The no-ball counts for little apart from an extra run under the current front-foot rule, which gives the batsman little time to take advantage of it. |
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As he acknowledges, it was a charge that was sometimes made against him, and at one point he says, apropos of the great Australia batsman, that top players have to be selfish. |
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However, what his detractors always ignore is that Chris Read, the superior stumper but infinitely inferior batsman, was not infallible with gloves on. |
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Sadly for Jack Hyams, the number refers to his age rather than his score in his latest attempt to be the only batsman to score a century in eight consecutive decades. |
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A batsman who is whacking everything he bowled full tosses to that person. |
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Not only was he a commanding batsman, but was an outstanding fielder. |
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Seems a batsman in the match was from somewhere on the subcontinent. |
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Earlier, star batsman Mark Waugh passed a fitness test on an injured left hand but abandoned his usual place in the slips and fielded in the deep. |
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As a batsman, his free-flowing drives were also unforgettably graceful. |
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Kirby was up to his old tricks against his former county, running down the pitch and eyeballing the batsman as well as passing on a few choice words. |
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New batsman Ricky Ponting survives two leg-before-wicket shouts, but is squared up by a perfect leg-cutter on the last ball of the over and is caught behind. |
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There have been cricket batsman who scored several centuries in a match. |
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I like to see fielders drop catches under pressure, batsman get out to full tosses in crunch situations, strokes of luck that turn a game one way or the other. |
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Ross Gregory, a notable young batsman who played two Tests before the war, was killed in the war. |
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Glenn McGrath was the not out batsman, ending with 10 runs, and he also opened the bowling with Brett Lee. |
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Just as Australia's opening batsman walked out and prepared for their innings, the rain began to fall on Edgbaston, and play had to be stopped. |
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The Australians crossed for a single, leaving three runs to win with the weaker batsman Kasprowicz on strike. |
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However, no batsman was given out in the morning session, where only 14 overs of play was possible, owing to rain. |
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Along with Waugh, selector and former batsman David Boon defended their selections. |
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In 1774, this said that the batsman is out if, with design, he prevents the ball hitting the wicket with his leg. |
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The keeper is a designated player from the bowling side allowed to stand behind the stumps of the batsman. |
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A batsman is in his ground if any part of him or his bat is on the ground behind the popping crease. |
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If both batsman are in the middle of the pitch when a wicket is put down, the batsman closer to that end is out. |
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However, a batsman who is obviously out will normally leave the pitch without waiting for an appeal or a decision from the umpire. |
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A batsman is out if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler. |
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If a batsman hits the ball twice, other than for the sole purpose of protecting his wicket or with the consent of the opposition, he is out. |
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If a batsman wilfully obstructs the opposition by word or action or strikes the ball with a hand not holding the bat, he is out. |
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Recently two of these have been famous Scottish internationalists, the opening batsman Douglas Lockhart and bowler John Blain. |
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In the 1990s, Adidas signed the superstar Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar and made shoes for him. |
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It was during this season that the club signed former England batsman John Crawley from Lancashire. |
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Chris Gayle is the most renowned batsman from Jamaica currently representing the West Indies cricket team. |
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The crack of the home run that the batsman cherishes shell-shocks the nerves of the pitcher who threw it. |
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The batsman succumbed to a snorter of short balls from the bowler and nicked a thin edge to the keeper. |
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Johnson, who seemed to have genuine concern for the Indian batsman, was also among the players who wanted to make sure Kohli was alright. |
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But that has not stopped many from predicting Gorseinon batsman Aneurin Donald might be the next Welshman to play cricket for England. |
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Giles, England's spin bowler and dogged batsman and a Warwickshire County Cricket Club player, is raising cash for the Cure Leukaemia charity. |
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Veteran Test batsman Younus Khan and off-spinner Saeed Ajmal were also excluded from the Zimbabwe tour. |
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The present laws do not specifically address the issue, although the umpire can call dead ball if the batsman is distracted. |
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Broad threw a dead ball petulantly back at Pakistan batsman Zulqarnain Haider, who was hit on the shoulder. |
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Bowler, batsman, and fielder all act essentially independently of each other. |
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Ricky Ponting will go on to become Australia's greatest batsman since Don Bradman, according to former captain Steve Waugh. |
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It was tough luck on South Africa's Faf du Plessis who become only his country's second batsman to score a T20 century. |
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He's an attacking top-order batsman with quite a successful stint as the skipper for the Kiwis, and it is a treat to watch his slog sweep. |
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It was silent on a fieldsman anticipating where the ball is going based on the movement of a batsman. |
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Also, if I can perfect my outswing and combine it with 140Kph speed, then I can be more successful against any batsman. |
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He is no mouther of batsmen, but has an aggression that one opening batsman admires. |
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The batsman, Kathryn Leng, asked the umpire dumbfounded if Charlie was going to bowl with a helmet on. |
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The cow shot is regarded as inelegant, and indeed risky, but can be very effective for a batsman with strength and a good eye. |
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The bowler's objectives are to prevent the scoring of runs and to dismiss the batsman. |
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Bowling underwent an evolution around 1760 when bowlers began to pitch the ball instead of rolling or skimming it towards the batsman. |
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If his wicket is put down while the ball is live and he is out of his ground then he is dismissed, but the other batsman is safe. |
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One designated member of the fielding team, called the bowler, bowls the ball from one end of the pitch to the striking batsman at the other end. |
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The batsman are allowed to step forward of their creases, though at some risk. |
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If the ball passes the far wicket out of reach of the batsman then it is called a wide, also with an extra run. |
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The batsman tries to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket by striking the ball with his bat. |
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If the batsman hits the ball but it is caught by a fielder without bouncing then he is caught out. |
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If the batsman hits the ball over the field boundary without the ball touching the field, the batting team scores six runs. |
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In case of a no ball or a wide the batsman can choose to strike the ball, earning runs in addition to the fixed penalty. |
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A dismissed batsman leaves the field, to be replaced by another batsman from the batting team. |
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The importance of the popping crease to the batsman is that it marks the limit of his safe territory. |
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The main aim of the bowler, supported by his fielders, is to dismiss the batsman. |
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Depending on his or her primary skills, a player may be classified as a specialist batsman or bowler. |
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If injured or taken ill the batsman may temporarily retire, and be replaced by the next batsman. |
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The retiring batsman is not out, and may resume the innings later if he recovers. |
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With all other modes of dismissal, only one batsman can be dismissed per ball bowled. |
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This is a high level of sportsmanship, as sometimes a batsman could take advantage of incorrect umpiring decisions. |
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Following the tour, head coach Andy Flower resigned his post whilst batsman Kevin Pietersen was dropped indefinitely from the England team. |
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Buttler, meanwhile, who has been playing as a specialist batsman while Craig Kieswetter keeps wicket, would like to keep in all formats. |
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But he's a breezy batsman and a tidy keeper who seems to have the necessary gumption, rather than charmless gormlessness behind the stumps. |
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Their paths will cross again on Tuesday, with Kirsten plotting Kohli's downfall, and the batsman trying to keep his golden run going. |
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A study involving a Midland cricketer has revealed that keeping an eye on the ball may not be the best tactic for a batsman. |
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He has developed from quite a raw youngster and a biffer of the ball into a good batsman. |
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Lancashire have drawn six of their last seven four-day games with their batsman, including ex-South Africa man Ashwell Prince, in nuggety form. |
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However, they plan to have the blockbusting batsman involved in the limited overs section of the tour, the report added. |
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The Indian star batsman was diagnosed with a seminoma cancer, and had undergone Chemotherapy in the United States of America. |
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If a ball hits the bat or the hand holding the bat and is then caught by the opposition within the field of play before the ball bounces, then the batsman is out. |
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Laws 29 to 31 cover the main mechanics of how a batsman may be dismissed. |
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The bowling attack was strong, the team contained some experienced players and critics believed Ephraim Lockwood to be the best professional batsman in the country. |
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Sir Donald Bradman is widely considered the greatest batsman of all time. |
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When Ted Peate, England's last batsman, came to the crease, his side needed just ten runs to win, but Peate managed only two before he was bowled by Harry Boyle. |
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Laws 32 to 40 discuss the various ways a batsman may be dismissed. |
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The series was also notable for Morris Nichols and Nobby Clark bowling so many bouncers that the Indian batsman wore solar topees instead of caps to protect themselves. |
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A dismissed batsman must leave the field, and a teammate replaces him. |
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After dismissing Root, Harris, who replaced Michael Starc in the starting XI, made quick work of Kevin Pietersen, catching out the England batsman with a vicious outswinger. |
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The batsman would need to defend himself, and if he touched the ball with the bat, he risked being caught by one of a large number of fielders placed on the leg side. |
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Francis Bacon, an avid cricket fan, captured a batsman in motion. |
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In this form, although each team may have from one to six players, there is only one batsman at a time and he must face every delivery bowled while his innings lasts. |
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Kumble reacted angrily when he collided with nonstriker Pietersen while attempting to field off his own bowling, feeling the England batsman was trying to obstruct him. |
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Piolet was the only batsman to reach 20 as Warwickshire fell one short of their previous lowest total made against Northamptonshire only two weeks ago. |
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Last batsman Will Smeath frustrated the North attack with an unbeaten 20 as Bedforshire made their declaration, with Brook taking 4-85 from 26 overs. |
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A given ground may acquire a reputation as batsman friendly or bowler friendly if one or the other discipline notably benefits from its unique mix of elements. |
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While team managements can signal to a bowler or batsman to pursue certain tactics, the execution of the play itself is a series of solitary acts. |
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Onions bamboozled Clarke then Mustard in successive balls, the batsman playing and missing at both, the wicketkeeper wrong-footed by the late inswing of the second delivery. |
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Ace batsman of recent era, Mohammad Yousuf said it was engorging that he got an attacking style in all brands of cricket and that will be very benefitting in ICC World Cup. |
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New Zealand opening batsman Raki Weerasundara who was born in Sri Lanka has the support of his father Asoka Weerasundara and his mother Rangika as well as his sister and aunt. |
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Hambledon produced some legendary Hampshire players including master batsman John Small and the two great fast bowlers Thomas Brett and David Harris. |
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The runner's only task was to run between the wickets instead of the incapacitated batsman, and he was required to wear and carry exactly the same equipment as the batsman. |
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England had been set 311 to win and finished on 211 for six with Prior, playing as a batsman as Steven Davies kept wicket, finishing on 102 not out. |
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Sporting figures include Robert Hughes, who in 2005 won the Wales National Darts Championship, and Andrew Salter, a batsman for Cardiff MCC University. |
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If, after the bowler has entered his delivery stride and while the ball is in play, a batsman puts his wicket down by his bat or his body he is out. |
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