Sentence examples for slashes the first from inspiring English sources

6.43pm GMT 10th over: England 96-0 (Lumb 62, Hales 32) After successive boundariless overs, Lumb slashes the first ball of this one through point for four.

Hales slashes the first wide of third man for four to bring up his half century off 38 balls, an excellent knock in the circumstances.

Updated at 10.16am GMT 10.11am GMT 49th over: India 265-5 (Dhoni 68, Jadeja 47) The penultimate over of the innings, bowled by Finn, goes for 15! Dhoni slashes the first ball over backward point for a third of a dozen and then helicopters another awesome boundary over midwicket.

Updated at 3.02am GMT 2.58am GMT 41st over: England 95-6 (Stokes 39 Bairstow 11) Siddle continuing to Stokes, who slashes the third ball of the over through the gap between slip and gully four four.

Ramdin's strike rate drops below 50 as he slashes the fifth ball of the over straight at a fielder then pops back up to exactly 50 with a single from the last – he has 23 off 46. 7.58pm GMT 25th over: West Indies 104-5 (Ramdin 21, Dwayne Bravo 15) Stokes keeps things very tight.

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Clemente, who was batting.435 at the time, was fed four consecutive screwballs that broke away from him when he reached out and slashed the fourth down the right‐field line.

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Mr. Lozito was slashed in the first car as the train rumbled through the tunnel.

"When the orgy of slashing closed the first act, I damned nearly threw up all over the chap sitting in front of me," said the Spectator's critic.