"This is a sticky wicket, " said Kathryn S . Wylde, president and chief executive of the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce, a business group that helps raise money for the schools.
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Although he just failed to reach three-figures in the wet summer of 1930, Staples was still a force with the ball as shown when he took 7 for 24 on a sticky wicket against Leicestershire at Trent Bridge.
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The former leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament, Tom Spencer MEP occasionally used to refer to batting on a sticky wicket to confuse the Parliament's interpreters, it being very difficult to translate into other languages.
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A ticket to, say, London on American would probably be honored by BA, though it could be a sticky wicket finding a seat that doesn't already have someone sitting in it on the flight you really want.
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Harvey started his career strongly, with six centuries in his first thirteen Test innings at an average over 100, including four in 1949 50 against South Africa, including a match-winning 151 not out on a sticky wicket.
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The full phrase is thought to have originally been " to bat on a sticky wicket . " Such pitches were commonplace at all levels of the game ( i . e . up to Test Match level ) until the late 1950s.
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At this stage, following their tail-end resistance, England were in a good position with runs on the board if rain struck overnight and caused a sticky wicket, forcing the Australians to bat in hostile conditions the following day.
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Generally speaking, libel laws in the UK are a sticky wicket indeed, but most everything that transpires in the H of C eventually comes out in the Hansard-- talk ) 03 : 12, 14 October 2009 ( UTC)
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Watts played for the cricket club for over thirty years, and as late as the 1927 28 season, when he took a five-wicket haul against North Fremantle at the age of 55, with help from a sticky wicket.
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He was the leading all-rounder for Derbyshire between the wars and at his peak probably the most deadly bowler on a sticky wicket Derbyshire ever produced, owing to his perfect length and ability to turn the ball back from the off.
