| 单词 | to take the new ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take the new ball (b) Of a bowler: to come on to bowl; to begin a spell of bowling. Now esp. in to take the new ball: to begin bowling with the new ball (new ball n.); spec. to open the bowling. ΚΠ 1862 Notts. Guardian 20 June 7/6 Lockyer came, and Jackson took the ball at Wootton's end. 1883 Daily Tel. 15 May 2/7 The champion took the ball, vice Penn. 1962 Times 24 May 4/3 Graveney was caught off the first ball after tea. It was a loosener from Platt before he took the new ball. 2002 India Weekly 26 Apr. 48/2 The match seemed to be slipping away from the home side when skipper Carl Hooper took the new ball and the trick worked. 2013 J. Astill Great Tamasha viii. 225 The fielders then jogged into new fielding positions, and Irfan Pathan took the ball. < as lemmas |
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