He called his leg break a " leg-tweeker " but he put very little break on the ball, just enough to bring it across from the batsman's legs to the wicket and he invariably posted a fielder in a strategic position on the square leg boundary, a trap which brought occasional success.

At that time both at the college and pro levels, offenses were a drab scrum of running the ball with only occasional passes.

He may have won a tournament if it was not for a major weakness: his occasional tendency to lose control of the cue ball when looking comfortable during a break, forcing him to play a safety shot.

Cutting down his pace and the length of his run up, Lillee now concentrated on moving the ball off the seam with an occasional faster or slower ball for variation.

After the 1878 tour, as he began to study medium-paced and slow bowling, his speed quietened down to fast medium-pace with an occasional extra-fast or-slow ball thrown in ; " his objective ", according to John Trumble, " being a completely disguised combination of the three paces ; and those who saw him bowling at his best will remember to what perfection he attained in this direction.

" However, some critics noted that when bowling an occasional faster ball, Mold's action changed slightly ; this was the delivery to which Phillips objected.

He took 92 wickets in his first season, and discovered that bowling an occasional slow ball brought him some success.

Though he is not especially athletic or strong, and his defense is questionable, he has some solid moves in the paint, shoots the ball well ( including the occasional three-point field goal ) and is a deft passer.

The lower viscosity of liquid ink increases the likelihood of consistent inking of the ball, whereas the higher viscosity of gel ink produces " skipping ", that is, occasional gaps in lines or letters.

One of the unfortunate results of this schedule for the commemoration of Defenders Day was that more militia died from heat stroke, from the march to and from the battlefield, and the occasional musket ball fired during the sham battle at the battlefield, than died during the actual battle.

The occasional musket ball fired during the sham battle produced additional fatalities.

Inspired by Terrell Davis and the Denver Broncos offense, new offensive coordinator Mike McCarthy implemented a form of the West Coast Offense with Ricky Williams as the focal point: a run-first attack designed to open up passing lanes and create opportunities for the occasional deep ball.

On 9 November 1981, NBC and Carson's production company Carson Productions announced the creation of Late Night with David Letterman, set to premiere in early 1982 in the 12: 30 a. m. time slot Monday through Thursday, with occasional specials every few Fridays, all aimed at young men.

Though Fate is aimed at a popular audience and tends to emphasize personal anecdotes about the paranormal, American writer and frequent Fate contributor Jerome Clark says the magazine features a substantial amount of serious research and investigation, and occasional debunking of dubious claims.

Between 1997 and 2000, during most nationally recognised UK school holiday periods, as well as occasional Bank Holidays, The Big Breakfast would run beyond its typical 9am finish to provide continuity into and out of unrelated shows aimed primarily towards children.

The show's running gags also included references to Alice's wealth from her film career (" I'm only trying to protect the wife of the money I love " was a typical Harris drollery ) and occasional barbs by Faye aimed at her rift with Zanuck, usually referencing Fallen Angel in one or another way.

This is actually a fairly recent reform ( dating from 1993 ) of Article 44 of the Constitution, and it was aimed at ending two centuries of discussions ( and occasional problems on jurisdiction ) about whether one concept engulfed the other or even if one of the two entities really had any legal existence in lieu of the other.

The gun could sustain continuous firing of about 120 aimed shots per minute almost indefinitely ( US War Department Handbook, 1917 ) except for occasional barrel changes ( during continuous fire, approximately every 1, 000 rounds ) which were quick and easy to perform with a special wrench.

An Ah coudn ansuh him an so Ah said ' Aw right, Ah gay-ess, an his fathuh didn uttuh one wohd an aftuh Huhmun was gone, the majuh laughed an tole me thet he an the bawh had been hevin an occasional drink t'gethuh f'ovuh a yeah, onleh an occasional one, but just the same it was behahn mah back, an Ah doan think thet's nahce at all, d'you ''??

Thus, in the aggregate, the odd-lot trader is one who buys at the tops and sells at the bottoms, notwithstanding occasional individual exceptions.

In time, he grew to depend upon her occasional company and she at length was able to encourage him to participate in more social activity.

Nevertheless it remains the case that, although spoken American and British English are generally mutually intelligible, there are enough differences to cause occasional misunderstandings or at times embarrassment — for example some words that are quite innocent in one dialect may be considered vulgar in the other.

Although Ares received occasional sacrifice from armies going to war, the god had a formal temple and cult at only a few sites.

While not above taking jabs at them for their lack of intelligence, she also offers occasional help and advice.

News statements are shown as continuously scrolling upper-case text located at the bottom of the screen ; some past ambiguities noted have included spelling the plural of MPs as " MPS ", together with other occasional spelling and grammatical errors.

As well as starring in Coronation Street and occasional Red Dwarf series, Charles continues to host his Funk and Soul Show on BBC radio, and performs DJ sets at numerous clubs and festivals nationally.

According to Jocelin of Brakelond, in 1198 during a fire at the abbey of St Edmundsbury ( now Bury St Edmunds ), the monks ' ran to the clock ' to fetch water, indicating that their water clock had a reservoir large enough to help extinguish the occasional fire.

" One proposal devised by the College humor magazine the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern was Keggy the Keg, an anthropomorphic beer keg who makes occasional appearances at College sporting events.

Because this Victorian cycle differed from the Alexandrian cycle in the dates of some of the Paschal Full Moons, and because it tried to respect the Roman custom of fixing Easter to the Sunday in the week of the 16th to the 22nd of the lunar month ( rather than the 15th to the 21st as at Alexandria ), by providing alternative " Latin " and " Greek " dates in some years, occasional disagreements from the date of Easter as fixed by Alexandrian rules continued.

He also created landscapes and scenes of people at work and play, using a new optimistic style — broad, loose brushstrokes of vibrant color with frequent use of white space and rare use of black — with only occasional references to his morbid themes.

Ebor is at fairly high altitude, about 1, 300 metres and by Australian standards, has cold winters with overnight frost and occasional light snow falls.

Bulwer-Lytton's name lives on in the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, in which contestants think-up terrible openings for imaginary novels, inspired by the first line of his novel Paul Clifford: It was a dark and stormy night ; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets ( for it is in London that our scene lies ), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

The placement of geocaches has occasional critics among some government personnel and the public at large who consider it littering.

While conceding he is sometimes good, the authors claim Burton's " occasional triumphs only serve to highlight the pathetic waste in most of his films ; for every Equus in which he appears there are at least a half-dozen Cleopatras or Boom! s.

The studio system, then at its most entrenched, usually restricted actors to one studio, with occasional loan-outs, and Warner Bros. had no interest in making Bogart a top star.

Other than the occasional sea plane landing on the pond, the nearest airport is in neighboring Chatham ; the nearest regional service is at Barnstable Municipal Airport ; and the nearest national and international air service is at Logan International Airport in Boston.

His private life has also made occasional dramatic appearances in Britain's tabloid newspapers, with at least one extramarital affair prompting a public apology to his wife Kathy.

These four productions, with other occasional sermons, were in 1760 republished collectively, in three volumes, at Amsterdam, and preceded by an Essai historique sur la Vie et les Ouvrages de M. Abbadie.

As Digweed's international schedule increased, these events drew to a close, although occasional reunions are still held at Heaven.

* Graeme Fowler, cricketer, former England batsman, cricket coach and occasional pundit on BBC Radio's Test Match Special

A right-handed opening batsman for Lancashire and England, and occasional leg-break bowler, he achieved the captaincy of England at the age of 25 and led the side in a record 54 Test matches.

A right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, Hobbs also excelled as a fielder, particularly in the position of cover point.

He was a right-hand batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper.

He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very occasional bowler.

During the 1980s NZ also had the services of one of its best ever batsman, Martin Crowe and a number of good players such as John Wright, Bruce Edgar, John F. Reid, Andrew Jones, Geoff Howarth, Jeremy Coney, Ian Smith, John Bracewell, Lance Cairns, Stephen Boock, and Ewen Chatfield, who were capable of playing the occasional match winning performance and consistently making a valuable contribution to a Test match.

He was a specialist middle-order left-handed batsman and an occasional slow left arm orthodox bowler.

A right-handed batsman and a very occasional off-spin bowler, he played First-class cricket for both his home state Tasmania and English county side Durham.

Lloyd was a tall, powerful middle-order batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler.

A classically elegant right-handed batsman and occasional off-spinner, Vaughan was ranked one of the best batsmen in the world following the 2002 / 3 Ashes, in which he scored 633 runs, including three centuries.

A left-handed batsman and occasional left-arm medium-paced bowler, she has scored the most runs for Australia in women's Test cricket.

He is a right-handed opening batsman and occasional off spin bowler, playing for Matabeleland Tuskers ( Zimbabwe ) in the Zimbabwean Logan Cup, with a very good record at domestic level.

Saeed Anwar (; born 6 September 1968 ) is a former Pakistani opening batsman and occasional Slow left arm orthodox bowler who played international cricket between 1989 and 2003.

He was a left-handed batsman, and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler.

He made his début for Surrey in 1981, earning a reputation as an aggressive opening batsman and occasional wicketkeeper.

A specialist right-handed batsman as well as a very occasional bowler, Slater represented the New South Wales Blues in Australian domestic cricket and played English County cricket with Derbyshire.

Nicknamed ' Pup ', he is a right-handed middle-order batsman, and an occasional left-arm orthodox spin bowler.

A left-handed batsman and very occasional right-arm medium pace bowler in first class cricket for Auckland and Central Districts, Greatbatch scored 9, 890 first class runs in total as well as being an occasional wicket keeper.

He as also played over 50 One Day Internationals for his country as a batsman and occasional off-spinner.

He was a right-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler, well known for his jovial good humour and long, defensive innings " batting with bulldog determination and awesome concentration ".

Born in Whalley Range, Manchester, MacLaren was a right-handed batsman and very occasional right-arm fast bowler.

A right-handed batsman of limited ability and occasional change bowler, Gilligan set a record in 1923 that is unlikely to be equalled when, in batting 70 times during the season, he scored 1, 186 runs at an average of 17. 70 runs per innings: the average is the lowest by any cricketer who achieved 1, 000 runs in a season.

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