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  • The moment was regulation: Ben Hilfenhaus pushing half-forward, Matt Prior , the wicket-keeper, accepting a straightforward chance.

    England Retains the Ashes Michael Atherton 2010

  • Accordingly, it was seam movement that brought the rewards, Mr. Cook half-forward and edging low to first slip, and Mr. Strauss attempting to turn a single into the leg-side, only to see a leading edge balloon to Mike Hussey who took an excellent catch in the gully.

    Battling Aussies Force England to Fight Michael Atherton 2010

  • A simple yoga exercise that can be easily done at home is the half-forward fold:

    Lower blood pressure and relieve computer stress with exercise. 2007

  • He did not sprawl loosely in dejection, as had the negro, but he sat with one foot beside the stone and his body leaning half-forward, his muscles tense, like a forest cat awaiting its spring.

    Plotting in Pirate Seas Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

  • As she swooped viciously down, he lunged up and forward with a half-leap, half-forward fall, and came within an ace of striking the trailing blue-black abdomen with his reaching fangs.

    Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906

  • Cook only getting half-forward but the ball bouncing a couple of inches in front of

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Cook only getting half-forward but the ball bouncing a couple of inches in front of

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • The uncertainty almost costs him his wicket when he comes meekly half-forward to ball that kisses the inside edge, thuds into the pad and falls inches short of a diving Cook.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Cook only getting half-forward but the ball bouncing a couple of inches in front of

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Cook only getting half-forward but the ball bouncing a couple of inches in front of

    BBC News - Home 2011

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