noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
professional
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Yet both professional footballers and cricketers were subjected to unreasonable restrictions and working practices.
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There were, of course, other professional sportsmen besides cricketers and footballers.
■ NOUN
county
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Although a useful county cricketer he will be remembered as one of the greatest county captains of all time.
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A one-time county cricketer , he still plays for Darlington with whom he has a reputation as a high scorer.
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That could give him an extended, and perhaps productive, life as a county cricketer .
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From 175 out of 450 county cricketers in 1949 the number of amateurs fell to 72 out of 370 in 1961.
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He probably accepts that the ultimate accolade for the county cricketer will now remain inaccessible.
test
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Most four-day matches have not only been a better preparation for Test cricketers but have also produced generally more interesting cricket.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He probably accepts that the ultimate accolade for the county cricketer will now remain inaccessible.
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Here were my kind of cricketers.
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Somehow, without guidance and peer influence, cricketers are apt to bite the hand that feeds them.
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Strangely, there is both the outlaw and the patriot in this formidable cricketer .
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There have been previous sporting tickertape parades for the 1982 Commonwealth Games team and the 1989 Ashes-winning cricketers.
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Walden, who also became a Northamptonshire County cricketer , went on to play for Tottenham.