Example sentences of "with [num] overs [verb] " in BNC.

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1 There were seven centuries on a batsman 's paradise of a pitch , with John Stephenson and Nasser Hussain getting two of them as Essex romped home with eight overs remaining .
2 Denmark , who 're chasing Ireland 's total of ( 233 ) two hundred and thirty-three , are now ( 156-8 ) one hundred and fifty-six for eight with six overs left
3 Needing 76 off the last 20 overs and with five wickets in hand they were 35 short with six overs remaining when torrential rain called a halt .
4 Needing 76 off the last 20 overs and with five wickets in hand they were 35 short with six overs remaining when torrential rain called a halt .
5 With three overs left 35 were still needed ; Walsh was duly hammered for 16 , all but one to Lamb , but the penultimate over from Patterson yielded only six .
6 They 're chasing Lancashire 's 210 with 4 overs to go .
7 He came back later to claim another victim and the hosts were dismissed for 126 with 5.2 overs remaining .
8 Gooch made sixty five , Graham Hicks boost boosted his confidence with his second international fifty and England reached their target with ten overs to spare .
9 Smith went on to 61 , the winning runs coming with 16.1 overs to spare .
10 They were then struggling at 127 for four with 16 overs remaining but Byas pulled Caddick for six to restore confidence , which was boosted even further when he was dropped on the boundary edge by Andy Hayhurst when 27 .
11 When the target was reached with 11.5 overs to spare , Gomes was on 92 , while Greenidge , in one of the great pieces of batting , had 214 to his name , the first West Indies double century at Lord 's .
12 But Pollard , who struck 163 last week , was in the same mood , and scored an unbeaten 119 which included 14 fours and four sixes as Evenwood overtook the target with nine overs left .
13 Skipper Dave Williams came to the rescue with 50 not out and featured in an unbroken seventh wicket stand of 75 with Simon Moorcroft ( 21 not out ) to see their side home with five overs left .
14 They reached their goal with five overs to spare .
15 Then , with 13 overs to go to the close , paceman Merv Hughes forced Haynes to edge a catch to wicketkeeper Ian Healy .
16 Together they compiled 128 in 129 balls , setting up a Kiwi win with 15 overs to spare .
17 A convincing one-day success was wrapped up with 15 overs to spare as Cheshire outplayed the Duchy in every respect .
18 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 .
19 Pakistan scored a paltry 139 all out in 47.4 overs and the Kiwis then charged to 140-4 with 7.2 overs to spare .
20 David Boon helped set the foundation for the innings with a solid 40 and Dean Jones finished unbeaten on 48 as Australia won with two overs to spare .
21 The game ended with Borders reaching their target of 70 with two overs to spare despite some good bowling from Euan ‘ Curtly ’ Kennedy and the ageless Gavin Irving .
22 After the opposition were out for 171 , the CCG team reached the required total with two overs to spare , largely thanks to an opening stand of 95 by Jeremy Hook and Philip McKenna .
23 They reached their target with four overs to spare .
24 Their seven-wicket victory with seven overs to spare was only marginally less emphatic than a crushing 10-wicket triumph in the second match on Saturday .
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