| 单词 | obstructing the field |
| 释义 | > as lemmasobstructing the field (also †the ball) b. transitive. Cricket. obstructing the field (also †the ball): a mode of dismissal in which the batter is judged to have deliberately impeded a fielder's attempt to field the ball.The relevant law has been only occasionally invoked in the history of cricket; under earlier codes (in the 18th cent.) it was apparently permissible in some circumstances for the batter to obstruct the field. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > [noun] > manner of dismissal hit-wicket1773 stumping1844 run-out1851 stump-out1859 catch and bowl1868 obstructing the field (also the ball)1868 1868 Times 22 June 7/4 At 154 Mr. Absolom was given out for ‘obstructing the field’. 1877 C. Box Eng. Game Cricket 456 Obstructing the Ball.—A man may be given out, but seldom is on such an account. 1905 Laws of Cricket §26 The striker is out..if under pretence of running, or otherwise, either of the batsmen wilfully prevent a ball from being caught;—‘Obstructing the field’. 1928 A. A. Milne Let. 23 Aug. in M. Williams Way to Lord's (1983) xi. 213 But here, for your Cricket Correspondent, is a genuine case of ‘Out, obstructing the field’. 1992 Laws of Cricket §37.2(b) The correct entry in the scorebook when a batsman is given out under this Law is ‘obstructing the field’, and the bowler does not get credit for the wicket. < as lemmas |
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