eight ball
Britishnoun
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(in pool) the black ball, marked with the number eight
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in a difficult situation; snookered
Example Sentences
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Hardik accelerated from 12 from eight balls to 50 not out from 23, while Varma found the boundary seven times in 16 deliveries.
From BBC
Australia needed 34 runs off the final two overs, but when Renshaw was caught for 65 after he skied the superb Muzarabani with eight balls remaining the game was effectively up.
From BBC
Remarkably, he took only eight runs from his first eight balls before flogging Singh Dale over the leg side for his first three boundaries.
From BBC
New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner capitalised by hitting Michael Bracewell's spin for a six and a four but then was caught at mid-on off Archer with eight balls to go.
From BBC
"The Hundred doesn't have six balls in every over. So why couldn't Test cricket have three sessions of 25 overs and eight balls for example?"
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