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Maia Bouchier was bounced out by the fiery Lea Tahuhu, Alice Capsey was plumb lbw after missing a reverse sweep and Nat Sciver-Brunt was run out trying to sneak a second run on a misfield.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2024

Little had Sam Curran edge behind for a golden duck, the Irishman bowling 15 of the 25 balls in the powerplay for figures of 1-7 - four of those runs came from a misfield.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2023

Burns is thinking about it, watching, finally shuffling across to nudge a run through a midwicket misfield.

From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2019

One of his 14 fours came following a misfield in the deep by Mohammad Mithun and it allowed Roy to reach three figures for the ninth time in ODIs.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2019

A misfield at backward point gives him another single.

From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2016