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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Chopping back, taking a beating

Steyn to Mishra, out Bowled!! Mishra was so confident of facing Steyn that he called Harbhajan for the leg bye, how long does he handle Steyn? One ball! Magical bowling this, a high quality bowler slicing up the tail like a piece of bread, cuts back in from outside off, Mishra went for the late cut, you dont play such kind of shots to balls which are reverseing like that, he ends up chopping back on to the stumps, the stumps are taking a beating here and Steyn gets his 3rd 6 wicket haul in Tests, Steyn is firing on all cylinders! Mishra b Steyn 0(9).

Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts?
  

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I think "chopping" means making a short, sharp, downwards motion with the bat. In this case the result was that he chopped the ball "back" onto the stumps. "taking a beating" presumably means "getting hit a lot".

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  • I think "chopping" means making a short, sharp, downwards motion with the bat.
  • In this case the result was that he chopped the ball "back" onto the stumps.
  • "taking a beating" presumably means "getting hit a lot".
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I think "chopping" means making a short, sharp, downwards motion with the bat. In this case the result was that he chopped the ball "back" onto the stumps.

"taking a beating" presumably means "getting hit a lot".
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Hi- I thought that he meant that the bat went back (ie, behind the batsman's leg) onto the stumps, not the ball. Agree otherwise.
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