Sentence examples for for the wicket from inspiring English sources

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Bopara, who sent down five tidy overs as well, for the wicket of Clarke, was man of the match.

Andrew Strauss's side may be 3-0 up in the series but, at The Oval, there's been no rest for the wicket.

If the batsmen have passed each other, the one running for the wicket that is broken is out; if they have not crossed, the one running from that wicket is out.

Finally, before Strauss went for 137, they had seen off the 287 that Gordon Greenidge and Larry Gomes plundered from England to take West Indies to a memorable win in 1984, the highest for the wicket by any side at Lord's.

The first life he was given, after Cook took a slip catch when 21 only for the wicket to be reversed because Stokes had no-balled, was the costliest, but when on 43 Tredwell had failed to hold on to a sharp chance at wide slip, also off Stokes.

The bowler, Sarfraz Nawaz, appealed for the wicket and Hilditch was given out.

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When a side post a score like 136 in the first innings after winning the toss, young bowlers often fall into the trap of searching for the wicket-taking delivery to make amends.

Dernbach, who has gone at more than seven runs an over, retains his place in the t20 squad, but Kieswetter will now return to county cricket with Somerset, leaving Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow to battle for the wicket-keeping gloves.

He always wants to go looking for the wickets.

Morgan admitted: "We were a bit naive in the fact we didn't compensate for the wickets and again didn't set it up for the end".

"It can build up sometimes, especially when you are disappointed to get such a low score and we have had to toil for the wickets today," he added.

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