Sentence examples for elect to bat from inspiring English sources

24C (75F) Sunny with 37% humidity Win toss and elect to bat first.

Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith: "Although losing the toss is not the end of the world, I would expect the winning captain to elect to bat first.

He won the toss and elected to bat.

Alistair Cook has won the toss and elected to bat.

2.57am GMT The toss and teams Australia win the toss and Michael Clarke elects to bat.

The Australians, now playing in India, have won all four tosses there and elected to bat every time.

The former Northamptonshire player had a watching brief on day one, after Essex won the toss and elected to bat.

Tim Murtagh, Alex Cusack and Kevin O'Brien took a brace of wickets each to restrict West Indies to 116 from their 20 overs after the hosts won the toss and elected to bat.

Having won the toss and elected to bat, Australia's major batsmen managed to get among the runs before Friday's first duel against the old enemy.

Electing to bat after winning the toss – before the rain began to fall – the Sunrisers lost Shikhar Dhawan for eight in the third over.

After New Zealand captain Brendan Mcullum won the toss and elected to bat, it appeared McGrath's prediction of extra help for the bowlers would come to pass.