Sentence examples for class bowling from inspiring English sources

Class bowling.

"First class bowling average: 35.75.

In the rain-affected draw in Cardiff, he had match figures of 40-13-84-9 to lower his first class bowling average to an Ambrosesque 20.96, sitting alongside a batting average of 35.

You averaged 37 in Test cricket in an era of lively pitches and high-class bowling.

Eoin Morgan, for all his weakness against high-class bowling, still has a monstrous one-day record.

He took seven for 64 against South Australia and his first-class bowling average has dropped to 43.

While the home selectors eat some humble pie by bringing back bowlers they dropped only a week or so ago, and include another left-arm spinner with a first-class bowling average of 40, the visitors need to decide whether to give Broad's place to Chris Tremlett, Tim Bresnan or Ajmal Shahzad.

As for poor old Nathan Hauritz, he seems to be history and the latest spinner to take his spot in the squad is Michael Beer, who has a first-class bowling average of 40 and bats at No 11 for Western Australia.

His is an attack to be wary of but not one to fear. 2 The lack of high-class bowling is impacting on Ponting's captaincy The smooth-running machine of old is clanking along now, calling for new strategies, more patience and steadiness.

Unfortunately the team's second specialist spinner – for a tournament played on the sub-continent – was Xavier Doherty, a left-arm orthodox spinner who, with a career first-class bowling average consistently in excess of 40, had the truly remarkable ability to both preserve the sanctity of the batsmen's wickets and keep their strike-rates healthy.

Delivered from a classical action, all of the offspinner's wickets fell in 12 overs to give him the best first-class bowling figures on debut for Nottinghamshire for a century and only the second five-wicket haul in the county championship for a spinner this season.