单词 | the long handle |
释义 | > as lemmasthe long handle k. Cricket. the long handle: the action or practice of batting freely and aggressively; esp. in to use (also apply, etc.) the long handle, to give it (also a person) the long handle.Originally with reference to the greater hitting power of a long-handled bat as contrasted with the short-handled or ‘Harrow’ bat; cf. Harrow n.3 1 ΚΠ 1883 Uppingham School Mag. Oct. 236 Lucas again well set, being ultimately secured in his anxiety to give them the long handle, having played perfect cricket for his century. 1897 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Jubilee Bk. Cricket iv. 204 The best thing he can do is ‘to take the long handle’ and hit as hard as ever he can. 1914 ‘I. Hay’ Knight on Wheels xiii. 153 Healthy young barbarians who did not happen to possess any aptitude for cricket, and whose only enjoyment of the game lay in the long handle and blind swiping. 1950 Times 14 Dec. 9/4 These two, applying the long handle, added 179 runs in the 94 minutes left for play. 1996 Sporting Life (Nexis) 18 Aug. 15 They needed 95 with 11 overs left but Graham Cowdrey gave it the long handle to get them home. 2011 Times of India (Nexis) 28 July I have been concentrating on using the long handle effectively and trying to find areas where I can score boundaries regularly. < as lemmas |
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