单词 | to save the follow on |
释义 | > as lemmasto save the follow on 1. Cricket. A second innings played by a team immediately after its first innings, which may be enforced by the opposing team if it leads by more than a stipulated number of runs after both sides' first innings are completed; the fact of having to play such an innings. Also in to save the follow on: to avoid having to follow on. See to follow on 5 at follow v. Phrasal verbs 1.The number of runs stipulated depends on the number of days the match is scheduled to last. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > second innings straight after first follow-on1864 1864 Sporting Gaz. 27 Aug. 679/2 Mr. Burnett's 43 saved the ‘follow on’; it was a hard-hitting score. 1874 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 21 Jan. 418/3 Shaw was unable to play in the ‘follow on’. 1892 Sat. Rev. 9 July 33/1 In the follow on things altered very much. 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xvii. 343 The long trek from the pavilion at Lord's to the far end of the pitch, with five wickets down and ninety needed to save the follow-on. 1955 Playfair Cricket Ann. 14 When last man Lindwall joined Johnson, five runs were still needed to save the follow on. 1987 R. Mistry Squatter in Tales from Firozsha Baag 147 The MCC waived their own second inning and gave the Indian team a follow-on, wanting to inflict an inning's defeat. 2017 Australian (Nexis) 7 Dec. 32 A decision not to enforce the follow-on proved almost catastrophic. < as lemmas |
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