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  • Tendulkar is also known for his monk-like focus: He once batted for more than ten hours while consciously avoiding the cover-drive, one of his most valuable shots, because it had been giving him trouble.

    The Greatest Story in Cricket Jonathan Clegg 2011

  • Even his cover-drive, correct and solid as the rest of his strokes, somehow fails to thrill.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • Even his cover-drive, correct and solid as the rest of his strokes, somehow fails to thrill.

    The Kallis Conundrum 2009

  • Lip-smacking stroke to follow, a free-flowing cover-drive for four.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • But Cook has left the ball brilliantly, has developed a cover-drive which he rarely used before, and when the Aussies have dropped short his cutting has been consummate.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • That show was so elegant from Bell it made my heart ache - cover-drive on the up and it races away for four.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Bell moves to 80 with a typically fluent cover-drive, he's now 20 away from his first Ashes hundred.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • But Cook has left the ball brilliantly, has developed a cover-drive which he rarely used before, and when the Aussies have dropped short his cutting has been consummate.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Lip-smacking stroke to follow, a free-flowing cover-drive for four.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • But Cook has left the ball brilliantly, has developed a cover-drive which he rarely used before, and when the Aussies have dropped short his cutting has been consummate.

    BBC News - Home 2011

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