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no ball, no-ball, n.
[f. no a. + ball n.]
1. The words used by an umpire at cricket to denote that the ball has not been bowled in accordance with the rules of the game.
17..Laws of Cricket in Grace Cricket (1891) 14 If he [the bowler] delivers ye ball with his hinder foot over ye Bowling crease, ye Umpire shall call no Ball. 1787Laws §13 in Waghorn Cricket-Scores (1899), If the bowler's foot is not behind the bowling-crease when he delivers the ball, the umpire unasked must call ‘no-ball’. 1890Laws of Cricket §10 in Murdoch Cricket (1893) 87 The ball must be bowled: if thrown or jerked, the umpire shall call ‘No Ball’.
2. A ball not bowled according to the rules.
1876Haygarth's Cricket Scores V. 176 Mr. Hankey was bowled by a no ball..; he afterwards carried out his bat. 1884Lillywhite's Cricket Ann. 48 Robertson delivered a no-ball. 1888Athenæum 21 July 89/1 Why should the bowler in each instance deliver a palpable no-ball? 1955Times 6 Aug. 4/3 The loping run, all arms and legs, and the no-ball were not forgotten. 1974Sunday Tel. 3 Mar. 33/7 Hayes, his middle stump removed by a Holder no-ball.., remained to fight another day. 1975Cricketer May 19/2 There were at least three occasions when he bowled batsmen with no-balls.
3. fig. (also attrib.).
1922[see beaver3]. 1939John o' London's 9 June 361/2 Mr. Chance's solution is much too complicated, and he does not play the game quite fairly, because he has two men who are related and can pass for each other, which..has been considered a ‘no-ball’ in detective fiction for a long time. 1966Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 4 Dec. 73/2 GI Jargon. No-ball Target, Air Corps nickname for a German rocket launching site.
Hence no-ball, v. trans. (a) To condemn as a no-ball. (In quot. fig.) (b) To declare (a bowler) to have delivered a no-ball.
1862Baily's Mag. Oct. 201 John Lillywhite..also ‘No balled’ the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh delivered by Willsher, who thereupon walked off the ground. 1867G. H. Selkirk Guide to Cricket-Ground iv. 60 Dean, as umpire, no balled Mr. C. D. Marsham three times in one over. 1878Sat. Rev. 16 Nov. 617 The new destructive invention would be internationally ‘no-balled’. 1883Standard 8 May 3/7 It is their duty to ‘no ball’ any bowler as to the fairness of whose delivery they entertain any doubt. 1885Manch. Exam. 18 July 5/2 Mr. Jowett, bowling for Lancashire, was no-balled on the ground of throwing. |