new balln.

Brit.

/ˌnjuː ˈbɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)u ˈbɔl/,

/ˈn(j)u ˈbɑl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: new adj., ball n.¹

Etymology: < new adj. + ball n.¹

Sport.

A previously unused ball, spec. (a) (with the) one brought into use in cricket at the beginning of an innings or available for the fielding side to use after a prescribed number of overs; (b) (in plural) a set of balls brought into use in a tennis match after a prescribed number of games. Also figurative.The hardness and shine of the new cricket ball allows bowlers to generate greater bounce, swing, and movement off the seam, making batting more difficult.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > equipment > [noun] > ball > types of

treble-seam1897

new ball1908

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ix. 229 They saw five or six nearly new balls hit onto the top of the School.]

1908 E. M. Forster Room with View xiii. 210 What's wrong with the court? They won't mind a bump or two, and I've ordered new balls.

1945 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 108 29 The opening batsman starts with a new ball and on the average he does not experience a transition from the old to the new ball unless he makes a century.

1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Jan. 27/3 One has the impression [in reading a novel] of waiting for the new ball to become available.

1983 B. Willis & A. Lee Captain's Diary v. 94 Randall, whom we really did not want in against the new ball, chased a wide one and was caught behind.

2017 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 31 Jan. (Sport section) 8 ‘New balls, please,’ said umpire James Keothavong as Federer prepared to serve for the match.

Compounds

attributive. Cricket. Frequently in form new-ball. Designating an opening bowler; (also) designating the type of bowling (usually fast) in which a new ball is used.

ΚΠ

1956 A. R. Alston Test Comm. 12 The most devastating pair of new-ball bowlers in the world.

1960 J. Fingleton Four Chukkas to Austral. vi. 65 We saw a magnificent piece of new-ball bowling.

1975 Cricketer May 23/2 It was the finest display of new-ball bowling I ever saw.

1995 Times 9 June 40/3 Courtney Walsh, his colossus of a new-ball partner, was oddly desultory and Kenny Benjamin..bowled an inconsistent length and line.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	new ball
释义	new balln. Brit. /ˌnjuː ˈbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈn(j)u ˈbɔl/, /ˈn(j)u ˈbɑl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: new adj., ball n.¹ Etymology: < new adj. + ball n.¹ Sport. A previously unused ball, spec. (a) (with the) one brought into use in cricket at the beginning of an innings or available for the fielding side to use after a prescribed number of overs; (b) (in plural) a set of balls brought into use in a tennis match after a prescribed number of games. Also figurative.The hardness and shine of the new cricket ball allows bowlers to generate greater bounce, swing, and movement off the seam, making batting more difficult. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > equipment > [noun] > ball > types of treble-seam1897 new ball1908 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ix. 229 They saw five or six nearly new balls hit onto the top of the School.] 1908 E. M. Forster Room with View xiii. 210 What's wrong with the court? They won't mind a bump or two, and I've ordered new balls. 1945 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 108 29 The opening batsman starts with a new ball and on the average he does not experience a transition from the old to the new ball unless he makes a century. 1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Jan. 27/3 One has the impression [in reading a novel] of waiting for the new ball to become available. 1983 B. Willis & A. Lee Captain's Diary v. 94 Randall, whom we really did not want in against the new ball, chased a wide one and was caught behind. 2017 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 31 Jan. (Sport section) 8 ‘New balls, please,’ said umpire James Keothavong as Federer prepared to serve for the match. Compounds attributive. Cricket. Frequently in form new-ball. Designating an opening bowler; (also) designating the type of bowling (usually fast) in which a new ball is used. ΚΠ 1956 A. R. Alston Test Comm. 12 The most devastating pair of new-ball bowlers in the world. 1960 J. Fingleton Four Chukkas to Austral. vi. 65 We saw a magnificent piece of new-ball bowling. 1975 Cricketer May 23/2 It was the finest display of new-ball bowling I ever saw. 1995 Times 9 June 40/3 Courtney Walsh, his colossus of a new-ball partner, was oddly desultory and Kenny Benjamin..bowled an inconsistent length and line. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1908
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