| 单词 | extra cover |
| 释义 | > as lemmasextra cover (point) e. extra cover (point), a fieldsman in cricket whose position is between cover-point and mid-off, but more distant than either from the batter's wicket; also, his position in the field. Also elliptical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > fielder > fielders by position middle wicket1772 long-stop1773 second stop1773 stop1773 long fieldsman1790 long field?1801 third man1801 outscout1805 leg1816 point1816 slip1816 backstop1819 long fielder1835 long leg1835 long field off1837 short leg1843 square leg1849 cover-point1850 long-stopper1851 middle-off1851 cover-slip1854 long off1854 left fielder1860 short square1860 mid-off1865 extra cover (point)1867 deep-fielder1870 mid-on1870 cover1897 leg trap1897 infield1898 deep field1900 slipper1903 slip fieldsman1906 midwicket1909 infieldsman1910 slip-catcher1920 infielder1927 leg slip1956 1867 G. H. Selkirk Guide to Cricket Ground ii. 26 Extra Cover, when the batsman hits much to cover-point an extra man is placed near to aid in fielding the balls. 1888 A. G. Steel in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iii. 112 If [the ground is] inclined to be slow, he [sc. third man] may be brought forward to extra cover-point, between cover-point and mid-off. 1897 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Jubilee Bk. Cricket ii. 52 There is no need to treat extra-cover separately. The position is a cross between cover and mid-off, and its duties are a mixture of the duties required in those two places. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 217 Extra cover point. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 217 For slow and medium paced bowling, a man at long on and extra cover is almost necessary. 1921 P. F. Warner My Cricketing Life xiv. 268 Skeet..is very quick on his feet at cover or extra cover. 1955 I. Peebles Ashes xv. 149 May hit the next ball splendidly past extra. < as lemmas |
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