Cricket`s long-lost phrasebook
Cricket365's Tim Ellis enlightens us on the meaning of some cricket phrases which have gone out of fashion.If you want to know what a "full moon" or a "lobster" is, head here
Cricinfo
25-Feb-2013
Cricket365's Tim Ellis enlightens us on the meaning of some cricket phrases which have gone out of fashion.If you want to know what a "full moon" or a "lobster" is, head here.
"WATCH OUT" A truly marvellous old term meaning "to field". What better way to imagine halcyon days of yore on the green fields than revisit this scene from an 18th century letter by one Reverend White:
"Little Tom Clement is visiting at Petersfield, where he plays much at cricket: Tom bats; his grandmother bowls; and his great-grandmother watches out!!"