Sentences with phrase «cricket pitch»

His mission — to build a proper cricket pitch in North Africa — stands in for the absurdity of war as the men die in often brutally violent fashion for this misguided misadventure.

He celebrated his sixth birthday in May with a huge party on the local cricket pitch with a funfair and fire eaters.

The house and gardens are open to the public between March and September each year and the estate also has its own cricket pitch and many properties, which some are available to let.

With their help we installed the first cricket pitch in an Erie County Park (Ellicott Creek), and the Association is also working with our library system to expand the library's collection of Indian works.

The components of Notts Sport's cricket pitch systems are selected to provide truly bespoke systems, designed to fine - tune pitch characteristics to agreed pace, performance, maintenance and lifespan criteria to suit the intended user group.

And unsurprisingly, Ford missed hitting the ambitious sales goal — 200,000 cars a year — it had set for Jaguar by several cricket pitches and a spacious county or two.

Singapore is a former British trading colony — you'll see remnants of British rule all over the city, including cricket pitches and the colonial - style Raffles Hotel — so there is plenty of Western food and drink on offer, too, although you'd be remiss to eat at a Hooters, say, when there is so much else on offer.

In the same kilometer we saw a Buddhist temple, Hindu temple, and Christian church, and drove past a large, red - earthed cricket pitch with a game in full swing.

Additionally, while it is true that Australia does not have polar bears, musk ox, an adequate supply of ice rinks and sasquatch, Canada doesn't have kangaroos, koalas, enough cricket pitches or drop - bears.

An extensively restored 17th - century mansion that comes with its own cricket pitch, fishing rights, Norman cellar — and a spine - chilling curse on whoever owns it — has come on the market in northern England.

They sit next to the local spired church, come complete with cricket pitch, and look pleasant on a postcard.

Tatura has many sporting facilities located within the town, including Australian Rules football ovals, Soccer fields, Cricket pitches, Tennis courts, Lawn Bowls greens, a multipurpose Indoor Stadium and the 18 - hole Golf course of the Hilltop Golf Club.

Cricket pitches?

«Million Dollar Arm» kicked off a string of globe - hoping Disney movies, with Jon Hamm starring as a sports agent who travels to India in search of baseball talent on the cricket pitch.

The absurd mission movie (to build a cricket pitch in the North African desert in advance of the invasion) is an awkward mix of British music hall lampoon, «Goon Show» whimsy and absurdity, gallows humor and gruesome scenes of death (actual battle footage is edited into the comic chaos), sometimes inspired, sometimes mugging shamelessly in overworked performances and bizarre antics.

The sports complex houses badminton and netball courts, hockey and cricket pitches, a fitness suite, changing rooms and teaching rooms.

A cricket pitch.

The term originated over 150 years ago on the cricket pitch in the United Kingdom: the bowler who retired three batsmen with three consecutive balls was awarded a new hat.

The bed and breakfast offer a flood - lit tennis court, a trampoline, a cricket pitch, a lapa with a bui...

The bed and breakfast offer a flood - lit tennis court, a trampoline, a cricket pitch, a lapa with a built - in braai, lovely water features, underfloor heating, fireplaces, and an 8 - seater cinema area with a large selection of movies and series available via Netflix.

With 180 degree panoramic views of facilities include a beachfront bar and bistro, tennis court, volley ball, cricket pitch, trampoline, hammocks, boat ramp and wood barbecue areas.

The sight of two blonde and very English children sat happily in the company of a group of fully covered Emirati women, in a Bedouin tent, on the edge of a cricket pitch made me think, not just of the UAE but of Britain, and sadly of how surprising such a scene would appear there

The cricket journalists on these debates dismissed anchors attempts to draw a black and white racist line on the cricket pitch, like Zakka Jacob did (CNN News 18).

Anyone who's coached the under 11s: marshalled their team mates on a football, rugby, hockey or cricket pitch, on a netball or basketball court or on any other sporting platform will have shown the supervisory skills required to succeed in the workplace.