half-forward
Britishnoun
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Coming in from the Radcliffe Road end of the ground, Jade Dernbach immediately swung the ball away from the right-handed batsmen and Alex Hales, suspicious and only half-forward as he tried to play the ball late, looked back to see only one stump standing.
From The Guardian
At which point the ball begins to dip suddenly, altering its length and preventing Gatting, who is pushing half-forward, from presenting his bat close enough to smother it as it pitches.
From The Guardian
Buncrana half-forward Ryan Bradley advanced to add to the Donegal score but then Mayo were boosted by four unanswered points through McLoughlin, two O'Connor frees and a splendid effort from out wide by Michael Conroy.
From BBC
Joe Gatting was leg-before when half-forward while the beauty which defeated Luke Wells's forward push and clipped the top of his off bail would have beaten most batsmen.
From The Guardian
Soon Barath was lbw, prodding half-forward to Onions; Darren Bravo, bogged down, gifted a return catch to the agile Finn, who propelled a brilliant first-ball yorker to Samuels, which was defended with equal brilliance.
From The Guardian
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