Sentence examples for worst balls from inspiring English sources

And then came one of the worst balls.

I go to great lengths to insure that our balls are the worst balls in the National Football League.

Lee described his first over as "six of the worst balls that anyone can ever have pitched", but as his nerves calmed, he improved, and was eventually selected as one of the five ground staff boys by Hearne.

"It was probably the worst ball I bowled, to be honest," Brooks said about his dismissal of Cook.

2006 Opened the Ashes with the "worst ball in history" at the Gabba, which ended up in the hands of a somewhat surprised second slip Andrew Flintoff.

The new ball will replace the much-reviled Jabulani, which was used in the 2010 World Cup and was described by the retired Seattle goalkeeper Kasey Keller as "the worst ball I've ever played with in my life".

Nestled in an armchair, his feet shod in Red Sox slippers, he reflected on everything from the worst ball field he ever played on (Keokuk, Iowa) to the best all-around player in history (Jimmie Foxx) — to the time he got thrown out of a game in Columbus, Ohio, and refused to leave the field until a sheriff's deputy arrived to provide humorless escort.

9.00am GMT 19th over: Australia 116-0 (Rogers 35, Warner 73) Kick 'em while they're down, is apparently the Warner motto, as Steyn bowls a bit too full - not the worst ball, angled across him - and Warner goes down on one knee and drives it so straight it's about to crash into the camera, as it sails down the ground for six.

Over the last week, the Knicks have collapsed in the fourth quarter against Miami, edged Indiana after receiving a fortunate no-call on a goaltending violation by Ewing, played their worst ball of the season in an overtime victory against the depleted Nets and were embarrassed all game long by the Raptors.

He said: "It was quite simply the worst ball I've ever bowled; it slipped out of my hand.

Fellow opener Chris Rogers, with perhaps the worst shot to the worst ball professional cricket will see this year, was given lbw after missing Graeme Swann's slow, looping full toss.