skittle out

verb

1. (tr, adverb) cricket to dismiss (batsmen) quickly

Example Sentences

Opener Shan Masood orchestrated Multan’s healthy total of 183-5 with 73 off 42 balls before leg-spinner Imran Tahir’s haul of 3-7 helped skittle out Quetta for 73 in 12.1 overs.

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Meanwhile, England will be trying to skittle out Dilshan's side as cheaply as possible and build up a lead before again testing the resolve of Sri Lanka's side.

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Shafiul Islam was luckless in a probing opening spell that read 6-3-7-0, but the seamer set the stage up for the left-arm spinners to skittle out the Netherlands.

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The left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn picked up four wickets while the pace duo Kemar Roach and Darren Sammy claimed three victims each to skittle out the hosts for the lowest total ever made by a full-member nation in World Cup history.

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