When you're facing Clayton Kershaw and you draw a base on balls, no matter who you are, it's a pretty good at-bat.
And the batter was Frank Venezia, who was slapping line drives all over the lot (and laughing at Ciccio, who usually got him out with five pitches)...that was one reason Frank would remember the day -- he never thought he was that good with the bat.
Shane Warne's decisio to put Somerset in to bat looked good early on after Dmitri Mascharenas sent openers Langer and Marcus Trescothick back in the pavilion with only 27 on the board.
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Conversely, when you drop catches, miss run-out opportunities, do not capitalise on good starts with the bat and then take only five wickets in an innings you cannot expect to be the team drinking champagne afterwards.
However, he cautions that it's not a good move right off the bat.
Unless, of course, you believe the only thing that will stop a bad guy with a billiards cue is a good guy with a Wiffle ball bat.
"We never thought we'd bat this poorly because we've been playing really good cricket for last the 12 months and we've been consistent with the bat, " admitted Shakib.
Off the bat, lovastatin is extremely good at getting into the brain.
Art aficionado Daniel Kany has worked in hipster hubs across the US. Now he is back in his home state, and with good reason: Portland is stepping up to bat with plans to hit an artful homerun.
"As soon as he came out I ran straight to the middle of the wicket to say to him that I thought it was a very gutsy and very good effort for him to come out and bat, and do the best that he possibly could for his team, " said Ponting.
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If I'm able to bat the whole day we will be in a good position.
However, it still gave us a good feel for the new pad, and right off the bat we could see a real difference.
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We need to bat well to get that and then we will have a good chance.
"He's a good fielder, as well as giving us a bit of firepower with the bat, " said White.
"I can control the way I bat, but I can't control the outcome, like a good catch, which takes some of the pressure off me, " Taylor added.
"If the lower order can face about 100 balls between them and I'll bat at the other end then hopefully we'll get a really good score on the board, " he added.
"You could say that a good use of the balance sheet and of company money would be in further acquisitions, " a BAT spokesman told Forbes.com.
With swing and seam on offer, the Black Caps had a good start to leave South Africa on 20-2 after the early exchanges, and perhaps regretting their choice to bat first.
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