Example sentences of "the [num ord] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first 15 overs yielded only 30 and the 100 did not come up until the 35th over . |
| 2 | Away goes David Lawrence the start of the fifty-ninth over of this innings , a hundred and thirty-eight for four he 's bowled to short outside the off stump , he lets that go through to Russell . |
| 3 | Haden caught Lampitt bowled Tolley in the second over of the day … |
| 4 | On a turgid turner that had thwarted the seamers ' efforts until the 199th over of the match , Essex required a further 29 to avoid the follow-on on the final morning with four wickets intact , only to be denied by a spell of 3 for 1 in 14 deliveries that ultimately allowed Nick Cook to give the hosts ( and Britannic Assurance Championship leaders ) a right old grilling in the second dig ; but for Ambrose he might never have had the chance . |
| 5 | Wisden records that ‘ on five of the eight occasions on which Gatting changed the bowling , the man brought on took a wicket in the first over of his spell ’ . |
| 6 | Armed with the new ball just before lunch , DeFreitas was then thrashed for 15 runs from the first over of his spell . |
| 7 | WITH REFERENCE to Robert Brooke 's letter ( WCM June ) regarding Geoff Humpage removing his pads to bowl at an early stage of a first-class match , on Saturday , July 17 , 1982 at Headingley he again removed his pads , and bowled the 12th over of the game . |
| 8 | In the fifth over came the controversy of the match as Gooch survived the run-out . |
| 9 | Slow left-armer Tufnell had just removed opener Navjot Sidhu for 79 in the 13th over of the day , to leave India 174 for two , when Kambli charged Emburey but failed to connect properly . |
| 10 | Then Greig went , having made 48 , Hendrick followed next ball , and the last over began with four still required . |
| 11 | A fifth-wicket partnership between Barber ( 50 ) and Broom ( 36 no ) put Waltham in with an outside chance , but the run rate crept up and 15 from the last over was too much . |
| 12 | Cup final nerves got the better of Benson who had guided Leicester to Lord 's in the last over of the semi-final against Essex . |
| 13 | Russell may be out of the England side , but he 's not down ; hitting a cracking 6 high into the crowd in the last over of the match . |
| 14 | As soon as the next over starts , the work begins all over again . |