Sentence examples for dropping chances from inspiring English sources

Both sides need a victory as they currently occupy the bottom two places in the Division One table, and Northants were fortunate that dropping chances offered by Nash and Stefan Piolet were not expensive.

On dropped chances alone he deserved a change of fortune.

Taylor completed his half-century in 52 deliveries and survived two dropped chances.

The worry for Lancashire is that it may also be associated with a series of dropped chances that end up costing them their place in Division One.

"If you take away De Villiers's innings it is a totally different score but we dropped chances and psychologically chasing 400 is a huge task.

In their first afternoon match of the tournament - and so with dew less of a factor - England opted to field first and were still guilty of three dropped chances of varying degrees of difficulty.

They had been aided by several dropped chances against Cyril Washbrook, who reached 85 by the close of play.

Third one is a difficult dropped chance by Pollard at backward point.

In the third over of the day, Shikhar Dhawan, on one, survived a dropped chance when he got an inside edge off Johnson, although it was a tough one as Brad Haddin dived for the ball only to see it slip through his grasp.

"Making the most of an early dropped chance, he glued together Warwickshire's innings, and they prospered later in the day.

In the finals against South Africa that India lost, Ankola conceded 50 runs in seven overs in what became his last match; the spell included a catch being taken off a no ball and a dropped chance.