ran down

Looming largest on the fixture list though are South Africa, who won a whole Rugby World Cup on the back of a deep squad, belief that ran down to the bootlaces and hairline solitary-point wins.

"Where is the world? Why don’t you help us?" she said, her words coming out in torrents as tears ran down her cheeks.

“With Cubic, there was an appearance that the agency ran down the clock to limit the feasibility of switching to alternatives.”

Jordan Clark and Kemar Roach ran down the overs with an obdurate partnership before the former was bowled by Vaughan for a 47-ball duck.

The Briton dropped to his knees and then sat on the mat as the time ran down, before he and Salimi raised one another's hands above their heads and thanked the crowd.