Sentence examples for innings from inspiring English sources

His tally of 486 runs in eight innings in the tournament, at an average of more than 60 and a strike rate of 87, is second only to Glamorgan's Jacques Rudolph, and has included half-centuries in the quarter and semi-final victories over Essex and Kent respectively, as well as two centuries during the group stage.

With the exception of one gutsy and classy innings in the second Test in Adelaide, he struggled badly in the Ashes series, and was dropped for the fifth Test in Sydney.

Already it can be said that there has been only one score made in the fourth innings at Headingley in excess of that which England would require now – albeit in a winning cause, when in 1948, Australia made 404 for three, thanks largely to a second-wicket stand of 301 between the opener Arthur Morris and, inevitably, Don Bradman.

But in what could yet be a tight finish, the contributions of Will Porterfield in each innings, and Tim Ambrose and even the no11 Oliver Hannon-Dalby in the second, should not be overlooked.

Will his nightmare World Cup, in which the Yorkshire left-hander failed to pass 10 in four innings, interrupt that flow?

Less than 24 hours after Root had hit a century to set up the series-clinching victory over West Indies in Antigua, England confirmed that the Yorkshireman had fractured a thumb early in his innings, and would be heading home for treatment.

Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 12.23pm BST12 23 Richard Gibson reports from Warwickshire v Durham Left field as it its, Warwickshire have set a new record for the biggest disparity between first and second innings scores in their first-class history.

He hits a mighty ball, often with a low trajectory, some of his sixes simply muscled over the boundary: he too hit only seven fours but he struck four sixes besides in an innings of only 84 balls, the most remarkable six coming when somehow, from on one knee, he flayed Dwayne Bravo over the boundary backward of square on the offside.

There were no more celebrations for England as the innings subsided in the final hour.

Devendra Bishoo, who was to concede 177 runs in the innings from 51 overs, was hit straight for six and slog-swept for another, while Jason Holder was clipped powerfully over midwicket to the rope.

Just to list the series' most striking individual performances is to get a sense of the speed with which momentum jagged back and forth: Shaun Marsh's opening day century at Centurion, Johnson's brutal first-innings spell in the same Test, Hashim Amla's century or Steyn's reverse swing masterclass in the second Test, Michael Clarke's balls-of-steel ton in the decider.