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Tait had taken some tap from McCullum, with boundaries to third man and fine leg in addition to a front-foot no-ball and a wide, but then McCullum slashed a big yahoo straight to third man.
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More interestingly, he goes on to point out how the DRS system has hindered his ability to play off the front-foot, which explains why he is no longer able to play spinners as he once did, back in the days when he used to cart Shane Warne down the ground for four and reverse-sweep Murali for six.
Pakistan v England – day one live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2012
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If the government wants to be on the front-foot, this may be the only option.
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Obama looks as though he's going to be attempting a front-foot drive while keeping his weight on his back leg.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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Obama looks as though he's going to be attempting a front-foot drive while keeping his weight on his back leg.
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True, sustaining this level of performance will be difficult and true too, Swann has been helped by umpires 'increased willingness to give front-foot LBW decisions but neither consideration diminishes Swann's achievement this year.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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True, sustaining this level of performance will be difficult and true too, Swann has been helped by umpires 'increased willingness to give front-foot LBW decisions but neither consideration diminishes Swann's achievement this year.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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If the government wants to be on the front-foot, this may be the only option.
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True, sustaining this level of performance will be difficult and true too, Swann has been helped by umpires 'increased willingness to give front-foot LBW decisions but neither consideration diminishes Swann's achievement this year.
Swann's Way* 2009
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Jason Gillespie tried to play the ball off the front-foot and managed to spoon a catch, and Kasprowics too was caught off the bowling of Kumble, and Glenn McGrath was run-out to leave one-down batsman Simon Katich unbeaten on 36, and the Australian innings wrapped up with only 235 on board.
Archive 2004-10-01 Chirayu 2004
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