How To Use Mid-on In A Sentence
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He battled through, reprieved on 39 by a drop at mid-on.
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He holed out at mid-on two balls later.
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Mr. Beer might have improved Australia's position even further earlier had his front foot not crept over the front line moments before Cook launched him in the air to mid-on.
Australia Hoping to Stem
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Gul had immediately narrowed the margin - driving the first ball of the day for four wide of mid-on when James Anderson overpitched, after the tourists began the day needing just eight runs from their final wicket to pass the follow-on in reply to
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Waddy is used to fielding in the deep, or at mid-on or mid-off.
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He advances to Doherty's fourth ball and lifts it imperiously over mid-on for a one-bounce four.
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Warne's only victim yesterday - right-hander Tillakaratne Dilshan - slogged a catch to Michael Kasprowicz at mid-on.
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It still needed a fine catch from Crowe, who hared back to wide mid-on and sprawled towards the boundary.
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One early game was interrupted after an unexploded land mine was discovered at silly mid-on.
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Bruyns chopped a ball onto his stumps and Gamiet spooned a catch to mid-on.
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At his best he bowled to three slips, gully, third man, cover, mid-off, mid-on and square short leg.
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One would prefer to see someone other than Umar Gul at deepish mid-on for the off-spinner, especially against Kevin Pietersen; Gul made a hash of a chance there off Saeed Ajmal.
Why Pakistan's poor slip catching is itself catching
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Brad Haddin might have run Steven Smith out without facing had Alastair Cook's throw been on target — another example of Australia's sloppiness, or England's alertness in the field, depending on your point of view — and might have holed out twice himself; once at deepish mid-on, once at short extra cover, both off Mr. Swann as he played more loosely than the situation warranted.
Australian Frailties Shown Up by Comical Run-Out
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Gupte would have the mortification of seeing mid-on or square-leg drop the skier.
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Slightly too straight and slightly overpitched by Welegedara, and Morgan crunches it off the front foot through mid-on for four!
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The highlights were drives threaded to the left of cover, then of mid-on.
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A disdainful pull shot over mid-on and mid-wicket is just such a shot and yesterday, en route to his 14th Test century, he played it twice.
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As for line, when a batsman plays, with complete assurance, the well-pitched-up ball on off stump wide of mid-on for four, this can break bowlers' hearts, and leave them without resources.
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One early game was interrupted after an unexploded land mine was discovered at silly mid-on.
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He back-pedalled at deep mid-on in an attempt to take a catch but pulled up lame instead.
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11 fours, driving well through mid-on.
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It was weird standing at mid-on and mid-off to them.
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But he inexplicably chipped to mid-on.
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The upright cover-drives were easy on the eye, while the superb drives down the ground - between the bowler and mid-on - earned muted gasps of admiration from the locals.
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Clarke has him in his pocket at the moment: off the first ball he moves his feet nicely into position to drive superbly wide of mid-on.
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He gets one and off strike with a shot that can only de described as a hoick, all bottom hand from outside off to mid-on.
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Gul immediately narrowed the margin by driving the first ball of the day for four wide of mid-on when James Anderson overpitched, after the tourists had begun needing just eight runs from their final wicket to scupper England's plans.
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With Mr. Beer into the attack, he sensed a chance to break free of self-doubt, but chose the wrong ball — too flighted and too wide — to hit over mid-on.
England in Position to Win Ashes
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Skipping down the pitch, he drove him over wide mid-on for four.
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Waddy is used to fielding in the deep, or at mid-on or mid-off.
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But Vijay perished by toe-ending a short ball from Ravi Rampaul to Devendra Bishoo at deep mid-on and, 13 runs later, Raina followed him back to the pavilion courtesy of a fine diving catch from Rampaul off his own bowling for eight.
India draw third Test against West Indies to secure series victory
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But Klusener had the last word, as Pollock raced round to mid-on to catch Smith after he mistimed a wild swing.
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He back-pedalled at deep mid-on in an attempt to take a catch but pulled up lame instead.
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Then he takes one giant stride down the pitch and launches the final ball of the over for six over mid-on.
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But Lyon then had Prince caught at mid-on before Siddle – who had earlier removed Kallis a ball after he had become the fourth man to reach 12,000 Test runs – claimed the key scalp of De Villiers and then Mark Boucher.
Peter Siddle cuts down South Africa resistance to give Australia edge
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It was a surprise when he chipped to mid-on.
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At his best he bowled to three slips, gully, third man, cover, mid-off, mid-on and square short leg.
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He soon chipped to mid-on.
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Jos Buttler looked as if he might be England's match winner until the West Indies captain, Darren Sammy, ran him out from mid-on; Swann sold Scott Borthwick down the river; finally Jade Dernbach failed to beat Christopher Barnwell's throw from deep square-leg. The few West Indies supporters in the crowd were suddenly more noticeable.
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Sachin goes on the back foot, covers the line of the ball, the bat goes up ever so gentle and then with a low backlift swings to meet the ball seam-up, the meat of the willow taps the ball, it edges past the outstretched fingers of Wasim, brushes past the umpire and races toward the boundary, the mid-off and mid-on players giving up the futile chase half-way through.
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Illingworth was content with two short legs, silly mid-on, slip and gulley as he wheeled away for less than one run an over.
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He was eventually caught at mid-on via a leading edge.
The Sun
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He belted the first ball he faced over mid-on for four and was then run out, stepping out of the crease even though he had a runner.
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He appears to be facing mid-on rather than the bowler.
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He made only 13 of them before hoisting Mr. Beer to mid-on, giving the left-arm spinner his first Test wicket with his 69th ball of trying.
England in Position to Win Ashes
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One early game was interrupted after an unexploded land mine was discovered at silly mid-on.
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