Cover-point

Cov´er-point`

(~point!)

The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Johnson, the young bowler, is getting wild, and bowls a ball almost wide to the off; the batter steps out and cuts it beautifully to where cover-point is standing very deep--in fact almost off the ground.

Then the cover-point hitter, that cunning man, goes on to bowl slow twisters.

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He eventually sliced Faheem to Asif Ali at cover-point, having hit eight fours and four sixes.

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The only Lancashire batsman dismissed was Keaton Jennings, who drilled a back-foot drive off Dieter Klein to the right of Mark Cosgrove at cover-point, only to see the Australian take a brilliant reflex catch.

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The only Lancashire batsman dismissed was Keaton Jennings who drilled a back-foot drive off Dieter Klein to the right of Mark Cosgrove at cover-point, only to see the Australian take a brilliant reflex catch.

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David Warner hitting over cover-point for four aAC" that's not a risk.

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Well played." Schoolboys crowded the circled outfield, some lying on their stomachs, caps pulled down over perspiring foreheads, shading their eyes from the sunshine which made them frown involuntarily; others seeking the cooler shadow of the green pavilion which fell across the field to touch the heel of cover-point.

MORNING SERIAL

Only hours before he hurt his hand, trying to take a catch at cover-point from a fierce Ashwell Prince cut off Sam Curran, 23-year-old Ansari had been named for the first time in an England Test squad.

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The 23-year-old all-rounder was hurt on Tuesday trying to take a catch at cover-point, within hours of confirmation that he had been selected in a Test squad for the first time.

Ansari in squad if he shakes off injury

Ansari hurt himself trying to take a sharp catch at cover-point, and is now a doubt for the tour, with Surrey team boss Alec Stewart saying: ""It didn't look very good.

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Ansari hurt himself trying to take a sharp catch at cover-point, when Ashwell Prince took on the bowling of Sam Curran.

It's agony for Ansari after England

Two balls later, Haddin departed without troubling the scorers as he was caught by Ambati Rayudu at cover-point while trying to play a cut shot.