Sentence examples for leg field from inspiring English sources

Nash himself claimed that he could have ended Bodyline in two overs without needing to resort to a leg field, as he believed that the English batsman could not hook and a few overs of sustained, fast short pitched bowling would have caused England to abandon their Bodyline tactics.

Owing to the original position of the leg fields in the lateral body wall, their approximation and subsequent merging would occur if the parts normally lying between them did not develop (Ballantyne, 1904; Barr, 1988; O'Rahilly and Muller, 1989).

4.37am GMT 17th over: Australia 54-3 (Marsh 33, Bailey 2) Cook has wisely decided to stack the leg side field to the pull/hook/slap/slog happy Bailey, but he improvises a ramp shot through fine leg for a single.

Garciaparra said he felt a twinge in his knee last Friday when he planted his right leg to field a grounder in the shortstop hole and the dirt gave way.

Substitute Adriano Moke fired straight at Marriott from 20 yards in the final minute as the Stags held out to take a draw into the second leg at Field Mill on Monday.

Yardley continued to employ a leg side field as he and Barnett bowled outside leg stump.

Unable to contain Morris, Goddard packed the leg side field and bowled outside leg stump.

Young had bowled 32 overs to a leg side field, conceding only 53 runs.

Although no serious injuries arose from any short-pitched deliveries while a leg theory field was set, the tactic still led to considerable ill feeling between the two teams, with the controversy eventually spilling into the diplomatic arena.

Calthorpe, the MCC captain, criticised his use of short-pitched bowling to a leg side field; one such ball struck Andy Sandham, but Constantine only reverted to more conventional tactics after a request from the MCC manager.

O'Reilly defended Miller's use of short-pitched deliveries, pointing out that he had not employed a packed leg side field and had allowed the batsman the opportunity to score from hook and pull shots if he was willing to try; in contrast the packed Bodyline field meant batsmen would find little reward for such shots and defensive play would only lead to dismissal.