Sentence examples for cricket equivalent from inspiring English sources

Before they stab him to death, he will threaten to "knock their heads for a sixer," the cricket equivalent of slugging a home run.

In a Twenty20 game each team bowls 20 overs each consisting of six deliveries, the cricket equivalent of a baseball pitch at the opponent's batsmen.

"We haven't been subjected to Jerusalem at the start of play in this series (the cricket equivalent of the England football's brass band), so it was a nice reminder last night when an office party was booted out of my local pub for singing it very loudly whilst hugging one another," writes David Hopkins.

Aidan Berry, in Newcastle, on Twitter:  "Is this the cricket equivalent of squeaky bum time?" Alec Stewart, BBC Test Match Special: "There's a bit of a wobble on.

45th over: England 183-8 (Dalrymple 5, Mahmood 0) "I reckon Paul Nixon is the cricketing equivalent of Eamonn Dunphy," says Andrew Kelly.

Ben Stokes produced a short, angry innings, the cricketing equivalent of punching your fist through the bathroom wall.

7.00am GMT 5th over: England 7-1 (Cook 6, Anderson 1) England will now attempt the cricketing equivalent of taking the ball to the corner flag.

"I felt bad enough after Scunthorpe United threw away a 4-1 lead on Saturday and now England are doing the cricketing equivalent," writes George Young.

But I was a wicket-keeper, the cricketing equivalent of the goalie, the "stumper" being the ideal role for someone wanting to occupy a unique position in the team (and who can't bat or ball).

So, Twenty20 time – usually the cricketing equivalent of some vaguely trashy airport novel (usually with the word "Strike", "Force" or "Eagle" in the title) to be enjoyed while it lasts and then quickly forgotten.

From Macartney and then Don Bradman, through to the moustached-hatred years of the 1970s and more recently the wonderful agonies meted out by Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath, just glancing down at those all-star Ashes squads has long been the cricketing equivalent of the sergeant's shot of whisky before dawn, a first astringent glimpse of the annihilations to come.