balls

Example Sentences

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Tom Banton, fresh from a sparkling 54 off 33 balls against Sri Lanka five days ago, is preferred to Ben Duckett and will bat at number four.

From Barron's

The left-handed Hetmyer took on the opposition attack, hitting six sixes in all, and put on a stand of 81 off 37 balls with Rovman Powell, who made 24.

From Barron's

He could walk to Anastasia's room, and if his arms reached far enough—he was pretty certain they would—he could pull all the papers off her desk and crumple them into balls.

From Literature

These more chaotic moments of the game suited Casemiro who often read where the ball would land, winning second balls proactively.

From BBC

"You make your own luck in things like the high balls and winning the scraps on the floor and running, obviously, through tackles and ourselves missing tackles," he told reporters.

From Barron's