| 单词 | leg play |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleg play leg play n. (a) the action of hitting the ball to the leg side; (b) = pad play n. at pad n.2 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of batting blocking1637 quilting1822 defence1825 cutting1827 forward play1828 defensive1832 swiping1833 back-cutting1842 straight play1843 back play1844 sticking1873 leg play1877 off-driving1884 gallery-hitting1888 goose game1899 straight driving1904 stroke-play1905 pad play1906 on-driving1948 stroke-making1956 1877 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 12 Feb. Alexander secured a single by pretty leg play. 1888 R. H. Lyttelton in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xvi. 411 Is he [sc. the bowler] not entitled to a little consideration when all his efforts..are neutralised by the leg and not the bat? It may be reckoned a certainty that neither Dark nor Caldecourt could have foreseen the prevalence of modern leg play. 1908 Observer 30 Aug. 9/4 The dependence on the ball's pitching in a straight line..was equitable before leg play became an accomplishment of the highly defensive batsman. 1950 Spectator 18 Aug. 206/2 I am convinced that if Sir Donald [Bradman] had had my training in leg-play he would have made light of body-line bowling. 2011 Daily Tel. 11 Sept. Cook/Anderson have a bunch of fielders on the legside boundary, which seems a bit peculiar, seeing that Jadeja seems to have a pre-WG attitude to leg-play—i.e. that it's just not cricket. < as lemmas |
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