not cricket in a sentence
Examples
- It seems that to walk _ when a batsman departs the crease when he knows he's out rather than await an umpire's decision _ is just not cricket.
- On the other hand, we've been having " meaning " sections sporadically inserted on things like proper name articles and disambiguations that are, strictly speaking, not cricket.
- ""'It's Just Not Cricket "'" is the debut single of The Twelfth Man, a series of comedy productions by skilled impersonator Billy Birmingham.
- Nearly 50 years after the British Empire has faded into history, people in this region still say, " It's not cricket, " meaning something is not fair.
- The phrase " It's not cricket, " came into use about 1870, although " the sport actually has a long history of cheating and sharp practice ."
- IT'S NOT CRICKET : Anti-war campaigners are planning to target Sunday's cricket World Cup final at Wanderers to protest against the U . S .-led coalition strikes on Iraq.
- In some sports it may require, at best, observance of the rules, in others ( " it's not cricket " ) it may be unfair in some circumstances to take advantage of them.
- ""'It's Not Cricket " "'is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Alfred Roome and starring Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Susan Shaw and Maurice Denham.
- In 2011 he was part of a group of musicians selected to represent the British improvised music scene in a festival entitled " Just Not Cricket " in Berlin which was filmed as the basis for a forthcoming documentary.
- "I hate it, it's not cricket, " said 79-year-old Englishman Vic Lewis, who represents U . S . cricket before the sports'governing body, the ICC.