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popping crease

[ pop-ing ]

noun

Cricket.
  1. a line parallel to and in advance of a bowling crease, marking the limit of a batsman's approach in hitting the ball.


popping crease

noun

  1. cricket a line four feet in front of and parallel with the bowling crease, at or behind which the batsman stands
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of popping crease1

First recorded in 1765–75; pop 1 + -ing 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of popping crease1

C18: from pop 1(in the obsolete or dialect sense: to hit) + crease 1
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Like Boult, Southee is probably a tad wide and one ball late in the over takes off at right angles past the popping crease and Watling does well to reel it in.

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Like Boult, Southee is probably a tad wide and one ball late in the over takes off at right angles past the popping crease and Watling does well to reel it in.

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A no-ball is when a bowler steps past the line, called the popping crease, behind which the ball must be bowled.

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With his front foot pawing the popping crease, he has appeared strangely hesitant for a man who has played 292 times for England – including a record 189 ODIs.

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Eighteen-year-old Amir, who finished with figures of 6-84 and the man of the match award in England's innings victory, said he did not know why he had cleared the popping crease with his front front. while the ICC will be extremely disappointed not to have been handed the guilty verdicts, their lawyers will be more than happy to wait another few weeks While Asif, 28, told the panel that he had made a mistake after being instructed by captain Butt to bowl a faster delivery.

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