Sentence examples similar to fire skipper from inspiring English sources

Under-fire skipper Alastair Cook, returning to the top of the order following a one-match ban for his team's slow over-rate, was unable to silence his critics however, although he began positively under clear skies by cutting two boundaries in the opening over.

Chambers deservedly levelled for York when he fired skipper Chris Smith's hooked cross into the net from inside the box, after the Hatters defence failed to clear Oyebanjo's free-kick.

When I was blown off the boat into the Mekong river, under enemy fire, my skipper risked his life to pull me back to safety.

On Tuesday, it fired the skipper of the frigate John L. Hall, two months after it collided with a pier at a Black Sea port in Georgia.

When Port Adelaide skipper Boak fires, the Power normally win.

Liverpool skipper Gerrard fired in, wrong-footing Vito Mannone with the free-kick.

The first early chance fell the way of the home side with their skipper Keith Lasley firing a shot over the bar from the edge of the box.

At almost the same moment — as both ships opened fire at the Zeros — the skipper of the Waller grabbed his T.B.S. (the radiophone for talking ship-to-ship) and did something I'd never witnessed at sea: he apologized.

He temporarily quit in the aftermath of their Africa Cup of Nations victory following a dispute with the Nigerian FA, and has since been under fire over his treatment of former skipper Joseph Yobo.

They continued to fire on Point White so the skipper ordered the helmsman to ram the junk amidships at full speed.

However, Republic skipper Robbie Keane backed his under-fire manager at Monday's team announcement.