Sentence examples for passed the bat from inspiring English sources

Cook then nibbles at one from round the wicket that leaves him and swings once it's passed the bat - for a moment there it looked like he might have nicked it.

Sky have come up with a boiled down Snicko, with as much of the background noise removed as possible, which appears to indicate the thinnest of edges as the ball passed the bat.

They passed the bat regularly, but when the edge was found - most often Rudolph's - the ball invariably went to ground long before it reached the slip cordon.

There was no mark on Hot Spot and although the real-time Snickometer registered a sound, it appeared to be after the ball had passed the bat.

"It's a bad piece of kit for those fine nicks but Dravid's body language told me he was out because the millisecond the ball passed the bat, he jerked his head to see behind".

On-field umpire Billy Doctrove adjudged that Dravid had not made contact as the ball went through to wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter but, although the "Hotspot" thermal imaging camera concurred, TV umpire Marais Erasmus said there was a sound and that he could see a deflection - a view later backed up by the "Snickometer" which highlighted a clear noise as the ball passed the bat.

"I said I had the ball passing the bat.

They lost two wickets and could have easily shed more with the ball constantly passing the bat.

He is a disciple of Peter Moores, the former wicketkeeper whose dictum preaches minimal feet movement to allow for the ball swinging after it passes the bat.

6.48pm GMT NOT OUT! There's a little noise as the ball passes the bat, and both keeper and bowler reviewed immediately without consultation.

But if the TV umpires have heard a noise as the ball passes the bat, they have been inclined to believe the ball made contact anyway, especially if such a decision backs the on-field umpire.