Example sentences of "wicket go [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only Willey , who seemed to play his best Test innings against West Indian thunderbolts , made a fight of it with 71 ; Botham hammered a quick 29 , but the last wicket went down for 152 , leaving West Indies needing five to win . |
| 2 | Jackman had Greenidge caught with his fifth ball in Test cricket , and shortly before lunch the fourth wicket went down for 65 . |
| 3 | The agile and fleet-footed Salmond showed little sign of the calf injury sustained in a recent football match and which required 18 stitches , but unfortunately only the two debutants , Love ( 14 ) and Stuart Kennedy ( 10 ) , gave the Arbroath player any support , the last five wickets going down for 32 runs . |
| 4 | With six wickets going down for 62 they were never in the hunt , but Randall did his best to keep the game alive , supported by Knott and Jackman . |
| 5 | A flicker of hope came when three West Indian wickets went down for 69 , but then it was Haynes ' turn to come good after a disappointing series . |
| 6 | A target of 128 should not have been beyond England , but four wickets went down for 15 and it was left to Gower and Botham to make a game of it . |