Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cricket, same as
full-pitch .
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Examples
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It's more of the same rubbish, and Cook clatters a wide full-toss through the covers for four.
England v Bangladesh - as it happened morning session 2010
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But two of his wickets came caught on the boundary, profiting from the positioning of Darren Stevens and Peter Trego, and the third was a full-toss which Saha missed when trying to sweep.
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I felt like a batsman who sees a slow full-toss sailing through the air.
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The slow left-armer began his spell with an unpromising full-toss, dispatched for four past midwicket by Dogar, but put himself in the last column for the first time when he had Fawad Alam looping a catch to short midwicket off bat and pad.
WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2012
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A full-toss on leg-stump and Hussey smashed it way back into the crowd over mid-wicket.
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Stuart Broad immediately replaced Swann at the city end, and let go a full-toss first ball which Tendulkar guided past point for four.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Stuart Broad immediately replaced Swann at the city end, and let go a full-toss first ball which Tendulkar guided past point for four.
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Panesar began his day with an unpromising full-toss, dispatched for four past midwicket by Dogar, but put himself in the last column for the first time when he had Fawad Alam looping a catch to short midwicket off bat and pad.
WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2012
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But boundaries were very hard to come by - Kohli could not muster a single one off 63 balls - and Gambhir eventually went in odd circumstances, bamboozled lbw by a slower-ball full-toss from Jade Dernbach.
WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011
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Stuart Broad immediately replaced Swann at the city end, and let go a full-toss first ball which Tendulkar guided past point for four.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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