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square drive
noun
A shot played by swinging the bat down through the line of the ball, hitting it along the ground in the direction of point.
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He smears a square drive through cover for another four.
Amla then pings a beautiful square drive for four.
Chahal plays another nice shot, a square drive that Bairstow cuts off.
But wait, a super square drive from Lawson means England will have to bat again.
Bopara then leans out a long way to square drive two to deep cover.
Beaumont returned to the ascendancy with a graceful square drive before lumping another straight six.
Bell gets a lovely boundary later in the over with a crisp square drive off Steyn.
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One square-drive off Meaker was astonishing.
3rd over: Sri Lanka 16-2 (Jayasuriya 7, Sangakkara 8) Sangakkara changes the mood a little with superb consecutive boundaries: a swivel-pull and a flowing square-drive.
9th over: England 27-0 (Trescothick 10*, Strauss 15*) Slashing square-drive from Trescothick for four reminds me of a pressing need.
Thorpe, meanwhile, keeps going: a square-drive for two off Cairns is followed by a superb drive behind square for four to take him into the 90s.
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