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Lawes

[lawz]

noun

  1. Henry Harry, 1596–1662, English composer.

  2. Lewis E(dward), 1883–1947, U.S. penologist.



Lawes

/ lɔːz /

noun

  1. Henry. 1596–1662, English composer, noted for his music for Milton's masque Comus (1634) and for his settings of some of Robert Herrick's poems

  2. his brother, William . 1602–45, English composer, noted for his harmonically experimental instrumental music

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But Jacob Duffy halted his charge inside the powerplay before Tom Lawes struck twice, dismissing Tawanda Muyeye and the in-form Jordan Cox - who came into the match on the back of three consecutive half-centuries.

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Baker, called up for England's white-ball squads to play South Africa and Ireland next month on Friday, bowled Dawid Malan with a clever slower ball to reduce the Superchargers to 63-5 and returned at the death to wrap up the innings by dismissing Tom Lawes and Jacob Duffy.

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Archer followed with two dot balls to Tom Lawes - clocked at 92 and 90mph - before dismissing him caught and bowled, leaving Mills 10 to defend from the final five, before five were needed from three.

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After the losses of Courtney Lawes, Lewis Ludlam and Alex Waller at the end of last season, and David Ribbans the previous summer, that might be enough.

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Courtney Lawes called him a "cocky little" something.

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