Sentence examples for in skipper from inspiring English sources

5 Rory Best: The stand in skipper was accurate from the lineout, but much less effective in the scrum.

Two years have passed since Merrill last managed him, and Ledee still calls him Skip -- as in Skipper, or manager -- and Merrill appreciates the respect.

And Lewis Alessandra chested in skipper Conor Hourihane's 85th-minute cross from the left for Plymouth's second.

After his unbeaten first-innings double century, stand-in skipper Varun Chopra lasted just eight balls second time around before Laurie Evans also went cheaply to Ollie Rayner, leaving the Bears 5-2.

Stand-in skipper Dawid Malan made a confident start to his innings, reaching 34 off 41 deliveries with seven boundaries, before he edged a Maharoof delivery outside off stump into the hands of Tharanga Paranavitana at slip.

An early declaration on the final day may allow the Black Caps to chase victory - but there will be some concerns about the form of their top-order batsmen as the second innings followed the same pattern as the first, with stand-in skipper Williamson and then Watling digging them out of potential trouble.

Gale was absent from the field as Yorkshire crushed Nottinghamshire by an innings and 152 runs and then had to watch on as stand-in skipper Joe Root received the trophy at the formal presentation.

The stand-in skipper is smiling, though.

English arrogance had irked the Welsh and the words of stand-in skipper Ray Wilkins only compounded the indignation.

Stand-in skipper Mitch Robinson and Bell impressed, as did busy draftee Rhys Mathieson, while Schache showed flashes of brilliance up forward in a first-half cameo.

India's stand-in skipper holed out on 141, Mitch Marsh misreading the ball but completing an awkward catch in the deep.