Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] took [adj] wicket " in BNC.

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1 In this match he took seven wickets , the strangest of which was India 's first-innings stalwart Vengsarkar .
2 He played for Sussex from 1912 to 1937 , during which period he took 2,211 wickets for Sussex at an individual cost of 17.41 runs .
3 Against Auckland at Eden Park he took five wickets in each innings and scored 110 in his first appearance at the crease .
4 In just over an hour he took five wickets , Ambrose chipped in with the other two , and England were all out for 93 .
5 In the return match at the Basin Reserve he took five wickets in the first innings and scored a handy 42 .
6 During his American trip he took six wickets in six balls , bowling underarm against teams composed of twenty-two men from the USA and Canada .
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