Sentence examples for attempting to hook from inspiring English sources

After lunch, John Dyson (century-maker in the first innings) gloved Willis to Taylor, attempting to hook.

But Dhoni, dropped by Anderson on 33, became Finn's fourth victim in the 37th over when he gloved the fast bowler behind attempting to hook.

But the man who has already shown his composure at international level with three successive half-centuries also showed his inexperience today by attempting to hook Franklin - only to pick out long leg.

This was a more relaxed and consequently more impressive spell from Archer, and a fourth wicket came when Azhar, attempting to hook a bouncer but late on the shot despite more than five hours at the crease, touched it through to the keeper.

Mooney and Gary Wilson put on 73 in 75 balls for the sixth wicket before Wilson exited for 41 after attempting to hook the impressive Adam Milne.

Vernon Philander was trapped lbw by Lyon, Mark Boucher was caught attempting to hook Siddle and, with the light fading, the left-arm spin of Australia captain Michael Clarke accounted for Morne Morkel and Imran Tahir.

A bit of a wild scramble in the area, and Mikel attempts to hook a ball across Romero from the left-hand post and into the top right.

Past attempts to hook up with Banco BPI (which later countered BCP's hostile bid with a merger proposal of its own) made plenty of sense, and not just because of the cost savings a deal would offer.

In footage of the delivery played before the state coroner Michael Barnes yesterday, Hughes attempts to hook the ball but misses and is struck on the left side of his neck.

9.22pm BST 19 min: Dani Alves, who is not having one of his better games in defence, attempts to usher the ball out of play, only for Perisic to nip in behind him and attempt to hook in a cross before the ball rolls out of play.

The story is typically insular: on a business trip to Cincinnati, a depressed motivational speaker in the throes of a regulation midlife crisis shares an unloving phone call with his wife and son, attempts to hook up with an old flame, and then seduces a young fan who has travelled many miles to see him speak.