straight bat

He thinks you should be able to do that with a straight bat and let it run off.

He lived life with a clear eye, a straight bat and a cover drive from heaven.

Crickets, you'll be relieved to hear, play with a straight bat.

Saying that somebody "plays with a straight bat," in business or politics, signals integrity.

Won his fourth straight batting title and collected at least 200 hits for sixth consecutive season.

Prior played with a straight bat and resisted the sweep which accounted for two of his colleagues.

They would have survived if they had employed a straight bat rather than a crooked one.

There is no doubt that the straight bat was invented to contest the pitched delivery.

Pitching began about 30 years later and the straight bats used nowadays were invented in response to the pitched delivery.

He had a good seat on a horse, learnt to keep a straight bat and cast a salmon fly.

It was a bat- which was odd, because there were no straight bats in that refuge.

He was known for playing with a straight bat and a close watch on the ball, which were the core features of a strong defensive ability.

Pietersen is playing with a very straight bat indeed.

Play a straight bat, no problem.

It was in answer to the flighted, or pitched, delivery that the straight bat was introduced.

It wasn't playing a straight bat.

He punched both bowlers through mid-on for four with a straight bat and was soon collecting singles at will.

Roberto Clemente won his second straight batting title and third overall with a .329 average.

Paine is an orthodox, "traditional" right-handed batsman who usually plays with a straight bat.

The concern for the rest is that Langer can pack a straight bat in the final round and wait for the challengers to turn up.

Plays a straight bat.

This meant batsmen who did not play with a straight bat, or who lacked good footwork, rarely lasted long against him.

A straight bat?

"When I decided I wanted to hit a six, I went and did it with a straight bat.

Boggs hit .366, winning his fourth straight batting title.