Sentence examples for difficult batting conditions from inspiring English sources

The match was played throughout in difficult batting conditions.

After a rain delay that cost a little over two hours of play and eight overs a side, West Indies won the toss and put South Africa into bat, hoping for some difficult batting conditions early on.

Any comfort that Sri Lanka could have taken from the difficult batting conditions was dismissed by Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, who shared 77 for the first wicket.

"In today's short spell of play, Chris Wright and Keith Barker were a formidable pairing in difficult batting conditions, taking three wickets in eight overs".

Afterwards, MacLaren scored a century in difficult batting conditions against Yorkshire.

The difficult batting conditions were such that Fry described Rhodes as "digging his runs out of the slush".

Morris found batting difficult for the first few weeks as he adapted to the alien batting conditions, reaching 50 only twice in his next nine innings with a total of 223 runs at 24.77; Morris sometimes attempted to drive balls pitched just short of a good length, and if they reared suddenly he was liable to be caught.

Robertson-Glasgow noted that Leyland was almost anonymous in good batting conditions under little pressure; he came to life in more difficult circumstances: "His element was foul weather.

Morris found batting difficult for the first few weeks of the tour, as he struggled to adapt to the unfamiliar batting conditions.

And all this in seemingly ideal batting conditions.

After Ben Duckett's bravado and Alex Wakely's accumulation had set a target of 162 (worth 20 more in better batting conditions), Nottinghamshire were only really in the chase when they hit 34 off the 10th and 11th overs and fell eight runs short, completing a difficult week.