Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [adj] wickets " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took five wickets each , and must have convinced all concerned that — as the Pakistanis have shown — attacking bowling runs rings round the boring containment of seamers . |
| 2 | Australia , who had set Sri Lanka 522 to win after declaring their second innings at 513 for five , appeared to be coasting home when they took three wickets before lunch to reduce the touring side to 208 for six . |
| 3 | In just over an hour he took five wickets , Ambrose chipped in with the other two , and England were all out for 93 . |
| 4 | Against Auckland at Eden Park he took five wickets in each innings and scored 110 in his first appearance at the crease . |
| 5 | In the return match at the Basin Reserve he took five wickets in the first innings and scored a handy 42 . |
| 6 | He took five wickets for 18 in a full 15 over stint . |
| 7 | In all first-class cricket , including several fiery outings for the Gentlemen versus the Players , he took 720 wickets at an average of 20.55 each . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He took 155 wickets for England at an average of 26.16 , his best series being during the MCC tour of Australia in 1924–5 when he took 38 wickets , at that time a record for England versus Australia . |
| 10 | He took nine wickets in an innings on seven occasions . |
| 11 | Last season in grade cricket , back home , he took 42 wickets at a cost of 15 runs apiece . |
| 12 | He took two wickets in each innings and did well enough to merit further matches . |
| 13 | He took two wickets in his first over and finished with five for 68 bowling at the end which offered encouraging lift . |
| 14 | He took 681 wickets in first-class cricket , including all ten in an innings ( amazingly , all were clean bowled ) for the North versus the South in 1850 . |
| 15 | He had toured New Zealand with the young 1956–57 Australian ( non-Test ) side returning there three years later , again under Ian Craig 's captaincy , and in 1961 his travels were extended with a season at Colne , in Lancashire , where he took 70 wickets at 12 and hit 706 runs at 35 . |
| 16 | In 1952 , his best season when he took 75 wickets , Surridge became captain . |
| 17 | One of his regrets is that in four series against West Indies his record is very ordinary — one innings in which he took eight wickets , but little else of note — and he is aware that not having proved himself against the best team in the world will be held against him when reputations come to be assessed . |
| 18 | His 69 Test wickets cost 38.72 each , and against England he took 28 wickets at 43 — expensive , but good enough to put him high on the list of all-rounders . |
| 19 | He took 144 wickets at an average of 22.59 , including three hauls of 10 wickets in one match . |
| 20 | In 1955 he took 175 wickets , which is still a club record . |
| 21 | He took 78 wickets that season at 25.21 , and put his tall , broad frame to good use at the batting crease with 541 runs ( 17.45 ) , including a 22-minute half-century at Chesterfield . |
| 22 | He took three wickets leaving the tourists to declare at 388 for five at tea . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | In this match he took seven wickets , the strangest of which was India 's first-innings stalwart Vengsarkar . |
| 25 | He took 155 wickets for England at an average of 26.16 , his best series being during the MCC tour of Australia in 1924–5 when he took 38 wickets , at that time a record for England versus Australia . |
| 26 | In 1964 he took 113 wickets at an average 19.27 ; in a 185-match first class career his 461 victims cost 24.27 apiece . |