Example sentences of "[num] overs for " in BNC.

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1 On the second day , Emburey bowled forty overs for 81 runs and five wickets , but Lloyd , David Murray and Roberts all batted well .
2 Lillee completed his 10 overs for just 18 runs and captured the only two West Indian wickets to fall to bowlers as the touring side swept home by seven wickets with 5.4 overs to spare .
3 But this time captain Arjuna Ranatunga and the dependable Hashan Tillekeratne put on 75 in 18 overs for the fifth wicket to clinch their country 's famous win .
4 The players at Bridgetown , and the umpires , took that to mean that 90 overs in a day would be reduced by time in proportion to wickets take ; i.e. eight wickets=16 minutes=four overs=a minimum of 86 overs for the day .
5 Leicestershire were celebrating again when Speak , having toiled 29 overs for 27 runs , skied Wells to long-on where Tim Boon judged the catch superbly .
6 Leicestershire were celebrating again when Speak , having toiled 29 overs for 27 runs , skied Wells to Tim Boon at long-on .
7 Amre , who helped add 118 in 38 overs for the fifth wicket with Tendulkar , made 78 from 154 balls before holing out to long-off .
8 Pringle bowled a particularly good opening spell of five overs for six runs , which augurs well for the Test match as he had struggled to find his rhythm previously .
9 Wytch Farm hit 80 runs in 13 overs for the loss of no wickets .
10 A slow over rate left just 40 overs for Normanby 's reply which was 130–5 , Geoff Robinson scoring 54 not out .
11 But Lancashire 's Ian Austin , Peter Martin , Wasim Akram and DeFreitas forced a collapse as Essex lost their last seven wickets in 14 overs for 40 runs .
12 With Ricky Ellcock forced to retire , Angus Fraser battling injury and waiting 111 overs for his first Championship wicket of 1992 , and Capel and Bailer apparently consigned to the scrapheap , that Caribbean cruise of 1990 is beginning to resemble the Titanic 's maiden voyage .
13 But Jeh 's 20 overs for 74 runs was a decent enough performance in the conditions .
14 Emburey has played only once during the past month , bowling 20 overs for 53 runs — but no wickets — against the Rest of India at Vishakhapatnam .
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