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ˈpopping-crease Cricket.
[f. popping vbl. n., prob. in sense ‘striking’ + crease n.2 2.]
A line drawn four feet in front of and parallel to the wicket, within which the batsman must stand.
Probably the crease orig. marked the line which the ball, when bowled or trundled along the ground (see bowl v. 4), must have passed before it might be ‘popped’ or struck.
1774Laws of Cricket in Grace Cricket (1891) 13 Ye popping crease..must be exactly 3 foot 10 inches from ye Wicket. 1833J. Nyren Yng. Cricketer's Tutor 28 In reaching in too, be especially careful that the right foot remain firmly in its place behind the popping-crease. Ibid. 35 The first player I remember to have broken through the old rule of standing firm at the popping crease for a length ball. 1897Ranjitsinhji in Daily Chron. 23 Aug. 8/1 The rules state that a batsman is out unless his foot is within the popping⁓crease. A batsman often considers himself hardly treated when given out because his foot is on the line. |