Sentence examples for of a good length from inspiring English sources

His first ball was a fraction back of a good length and angled across Vince on the line the Pakistan bowlers have been pursuing against him all series and the Sri Lankans before them.

However there is a tactic – let us call it the Perth Protocol – in which the well-directed bouncer and the delivery that is back of a good length are used not simply as a softener, nor even as a potential wicket-taker (although that would be bonus) but to push the batsman back in the crease so that hemmed in, he feels duty bound to have a go at anything pitched temptingly up for the drive.

When you have a bowling attack capable of relentless accuracy, landing the ball just short of a good length on off stump all day long, you simply cannot survive like that.

The body is fairly short in the back, with a broad and deep rib cage, long, broad and well-muscled quarters, a well-muscled neck of a good length joining neatly into strong withers and strong sloping shoulders.

Morris found batting difficult for the first few weeks as he adapted to the alien batting conditions, reaching 50 only twice in his next nine innings with a total of 223 runs at 24.77; Morris sometimes attempted to drive balls pitched just short of a good length, and if they reared suddenly he was liable to be caught.

He reached 50 only twice in the nine innings after the Worcestershire match, totalling only 223 runs at 24.77; Morris sometimes attempted to drive balls pitched just short of a good length, and if they reared suddenly, he was liable to be caught.

The world No 91 was a model of consistency, hitting to a good length and making few mistakes but she did not have any big shots.

The tillering process can take months, and doing it slowly will allow you to increase the draw of the bow to a good length.

As he put it, "You want to find out why the guy left his last job, and you also want to make sure he seems to be the kind of person who will stay with you for a good length of time".

You will benefit more from doing regular gentle exercise for a good length of time, than exercising very vigorously for a short length of time or infrequently, they say.

The AMS experiment relies on good statistics so the collaboration will want to run it for a good length of time before they start making assessments about the presence or not of anti-matter, and the like.