Converse of object

• play: Has he got the maturity with the bat to play big innings?

• have: By today's standards she had a pretty good innings, given the life expectancy of the times.

• pitch: They gave up the Eastern League championship by holding out the ace pitcher of the Aeros to lessen his innings pitched for the year.

• win: His innings was to be a match winning innings.

• complete: With two days left in Mohali and one innings completed, the second Test is likely to end in a serene draw.

• rebuild: Carl Hey, 72, and Steve Cole, 31, rebuilt the Innings with gritty determination moving the visitors to 157.

Adjective modifier

• 1st: Result: London County C.C. won on 1st Innings.

• 2nd: Now one thing I thought was that in our 2nd innings was that we could rely on Constant to give almost nothing.

• first: In his first Test innings he went out to bat against India with the score 790 for four.

• fourth: No one has made more than South Africa's 164 for six, in 2000, to win on fourth innings.

• second: More thoughts: England's second innings will get underway shortly.

• major: Andy Hewitt, 48, Steve Walsh, 51, and Steve Comer, 33, played the major Innings for the visitors.

Noun used with modifier

• cameo: Co-founder Bob Yardley couldn't resist adding to the trend for the day with a late cameo innings of 35.

• test: In his last test innings he needed 4 runs to have an average of 100.

• debut: Alastair Cook had a highly promising debut innings of 60 during yesterday's test match against India.

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• match: Mr Trescothick is a classy batsman who averages over 45 runs per innings in test matches.

Preposition: of

• test: Managed two for 60 off 28 overs in first innings of the second Test but pulled out of tour with a shin injury.

Preposition: per

• side: The matches will consist of one innings per side, each innings being limited to a maximum of 20 overs.