| 单词 | leg theory |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleg theory leg theory n. the tactic or practice of bowling at the leg stump with a concentration of fielders close in on the leg side; cf. off-theory n. at off n. 4, leg trap n. (a) at Compounds 2a.While leg theory is sometimes used with spin-bowling, it is chiefly associated with seam bowling; with quot. 1933 cf. body line adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > [noun] > theories off-theory1883 leg theory1894 on-theory1896 1894 New Rev. May 635 Palmer also, good bowler as he was, would undoubtedly have been better if he had not embraced the leg-theory. 1923 Daily Mail 11 Aug. 7/4 Newman, following the fashion of the match, bowled the leg theory with a crescent of fieldsmen close in on the leg side. 1933 Times of India 7 Nov. 5/3 Larwood, who never bowled anything but fast leg theory—which is not bodyline at all—told me himself who invented the term. 2006 Times 8 Dec. 100 Warne is by no means the first bowler to have closed down a match with a version of what might be called leg theory. < as lemmas |
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