Backfoot in a sentence

Brook pulls the fourth ball off the backfoot for four more!

Brunswick got the jump with Ellard’s rink down 11-0 after just two ends which saw us on the backfoot right from the start.

But most likely, it was the one Gaikwad played off in the powerplay – seated on his backfoot – a silky smooth loft drive over cover.

Dube joined the party by smashing Lalit down the ground for six before Conway chipped off the backfoot to hit a four between long-on and long-off.

Four dots in a row before David Bedingham executes a backfoot punch for four.

However, we conceded a goal in the second quarter which put us on the backfoot, following which we were desperate to display our fighting spirit and find the equaliser.

Lewis Hamilton said he could not wait for the season to end after he qualified only 11th for Sunday’s finale in Abu Dhabi – leaving Mercedes on the backfoot to salvage second in the Formula One world championship.

Mansford admits losing as manager ahead of the campaign left the Seasiders on the backfoot.

Ms O'Sullivan detailed "a fundamental breakdown" in communication between officers as well as in their dealings with the family that led to police being on the backfoot and resuming the search several hours after Mr Copeland went into the river.

Partly because of that Rutherglen result, pro-union parties are resting a bit easier thinking the party here in Aberdeen is on the backfoot.

After forcing Shubman Gill on to the backfoot and getting a nick, Santner manages to draw Jaiswal forward and the thick edge flies to slips.

But when a pair of small-town cops seize the cash, he’s put on the backfoot with the clock ticking and mountains of corruption to sift through.

During their two-year stint in Chhattisgarh, the naxalites were put on the backfoot after hundreds of their cadres were killed and scores of their camps busted by the Naga jawans.

The CDS will have to think outside the box and come up with strategies capable of putting the criminals on the backfoot.

We might see the greenback remaining on the backfoot at least until the US CPI due next week.

Earlier, Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari had held their ground and helped India not go on the backfoot after losing Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane in the post-lunch session.

Nitish continues with his whirlwind knock with the fifth boundary of his innings after some brilliant backfoot work.

You can’t play Ravi on the backfoot, as he will invariably rush on to the pads.

The World No. 1 fast bowler pushed Hashim Amla on the backfoot with his first delivery to the South-African veteran.

But Anand was at his aggressive best and went in for an all-out attack to put Nakamura in the backfoot.