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Meanings of straight drive in English

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Usage of straight drive in English
1
One straight drive almost beheaded the bowler in his follow through.
The Guardian
2
Haddin completes an expensive over with a gloriously pure straight drive for six.
The Guardian
3
His version of a straight drive goes to midwicket.
The Guardian
4
McGrath moves to 48 with a ramrod- straight drive back past the bowler, but Hondo just smiles.
The Guardian
5
In front of the microphones Bancroft was immediately asked about the head-butt rather than the straight drive.
The Irish Times
6
Alexander cleared the obstacles comfortably with his customary short, straight drive, and Mitchell advanced to the tee.
The Clicking of Cuthbert
7
A cross-court drive should be shorter than a straight drive, so as to increase the possible angle.
The Art of Lawn Tennis
8
The road descends by another series of serpentines, and a long straight drive brings us into the town.
The Land of the Black Mountain: The Adventures of Two Englishmen...
9
In the morning I took Interstate 15 south out of Las Vegas, a long, straight drive through the desert.
The Lost Continent
10
But still Smith's version of a straight drive found the boundary square of midwicket, while mid-on remained a spectator.
The Guardian
11
The simplest of slip chances, skewing off Broad's edge as he got into a tangle playing a straight drive.
The Guardian
12
I was tired of all this beating around the bush, and made a straight drive to find out the truth.
The Chums of Scranton High / Or, Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight
13
All along the ground, proper straight drive, nothing uncontrolled about it, and it beats mid-on inside the line for four!
The Guardian
14
General Norman Swayne, chief of Pentagon procurements, stepped back from the tee satisfied with his long straight drive down the fairway.
The bourne ultimatum
15
He brought up his ton with "a magnificent straight drive that landed on the pickets at the far end".
The Guardian
16
Then Shaiman Anwar was run out at the non-striker's end after Shabber blazed back a straight drive off John Reva's bowling.
Radio NZ
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