a sticky wicket उदाहरण वाक्य

In the First Test at the Gabba, Lindwall removed Vinoo Mankad and Gul Mohammad in the first over on a sticky wicket, precipitating a collapse which saw India skittled for 58.
Lucas played in the first two Tests of the 1884 season without doing anything worthy of his reputation apart from a dour 15 not out on a sticky wicket in the first match.
The Indian casinos represent both an enormous tax windfall and a dangerous political issue because so many voters oppose them, so they have always been a sticky wicket for state and congressional lawmakers.
Millions of voters who believe the Bush administration has made gross errors-- the economy's not good and maybe we're in a sticky wicket-- went for Bush.
He developed slowly over the next couple of years, but his performance on a sticky wicket at Sheffield in 1891 was the performance that established Wainwright as a deadly soft-wicket bowler.

At any rate, cultural relevancy is a sticky wicket, as Hallmark found out in the 1970s and'80s, when soaring divorce rates prompted it to launch a line of cards commemorating marital breakups.
Bradman anticipated rain, so he utilised Toshack and Johnson to bowl defensively to slow England's progress in the hope that the hosts would not have a lead by the time a sticky wicket materialised.
May 1906 saw Wass at his deadliest, including one of the most remarkable games in county cricket at Aigburth, where he took 16 wickets in a day on a sticky wicket, yet Nottinghamshire still lost.
Partnering the legendary Victor Trumper at the top of the order for all five tests, Worrall had his greatest day in the Headingley test match when he scored 76 on a sticky wicket to set up an Australian victory.
Howell also appreciated the value of the ball that whips straight on without turning and was of great value to a succession of Australian teams in England, except on a sticky wicket when his break was sometimes too big.