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  • It covers a range of possible dismissals, including run-outs, catches, stumpings and leg-before-wickets.

    Technology Catches Up With Cricket Richard Lord 2011

  • My weekends consisted of endless games of football, run-outs and "getting up to no good" on our sprawling Festival of Britain jewel of social housing, the Churchill Gardens estate in Pimlico.

    Family life 2011

  • For the first time, two fences were bypassed to minimise the risk of further accidents and run-outs were introduced so that those horses that had lost their riders could run around fences rather than jump them.

    Letters: Safety measures at the Grand National 2011

  • Every catch bar Mr. Anderson ' s half-chance was taken and two run-outs affected, the second by Mr. Strauss at mid-wicket to send back Xavier Doherty a perfect example of the kind of panic that athletic and aggressive fielding can impart upon an uncertain batting team.

    England Dominate Australia on Day One Michael Atherton: The Times 2010

  • There is an issue here, on which Strauss will have had cause to reflect: given that the great majority of run-outs are by such slender margins and that a dive is considered a more effective way of gaining the extra small distance required to beat the throw, no batsman should be on his feet when run out.

    Ian Bell helps England stroll past Bangladesh at Trent Bridge Mike Selvey at Trent Bridge 2010

  • England's fielding has been quite brilliant and has resulted in critical run-outs and the odd breathtaking catch.

    The Ashes 2010: Virtues of modern age help England join select band | Vic Marks 2010

  • It is hard to know, especially at a distance, why in both Tests so far this series one team (England) are catching almost everything, and hitting the stumps for crucial run-outs, while another (Pakistan) are missing far more chances than they take.

    Why Pakistan's poor slip catching is itself catching 2010

  • The pressure mounted; the batsmen lost composure and heaved, the fielders hung on to the offerings; the run-outs were taken and Essex clinched victory by 10 runs.

    Ryan ten Doeschate injury takes gloss of Essex win over Somerset Vic Marks at the County Ground 2010

  • The attention to detail was evident in two run-outs in the Melbourne Test.

    England Retains the Ashes Michael Atherton 2010

  • "I think three run-outs made the difference and it could have been a different story if Shakib could have batted through the innings," said Utseya.

    When will the Tigers learn the basic 2009

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