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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Tickled round the corner

Nannes to Suman, FOUR!!, his nightmare continues, too full on the pads, neatly tickled round the corner and the ball whistles into the fine leg boundary, DK is not impressed one bit,

Could you please explain to me what "tickle" and "round the corner" means here?

It's a cricket context.
  

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, his nightmare continues, too full on the pads, neatly tickled round the corner and the ball whistles into the fine leg boundary, DK is not impressed one bit, Could you please explain to me what "tickle" hit delicately and carefully and "round the corner" means here? probably 'behind him'. It's a cricket context.

— Clive

  • , his nightmare continues, too full on the pads, neatly tickled round the corner and the ball whistles into the fine leg boundary, DK is not impressed one bit, Could you please explain to me what "tickle" hit delicately and carefully and "round the corner" means here?
  • probably 'behind him'.
  • It's a cricket context.
  • You are spending a lot of time trying to understand paragraphs like this about cricket.
  • Note that sports writers often write in a way that no-one else writes or speaks.
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Hi,

Nannes to Suman, FOUR!!, his nightmare continues, too full on the pads, neatly tickled round the corner and the ball whistles into the fine leg boundary, DK is not impressed one bit,

Could you please explain to me what "tickle" hit delicately and carefully

and "round the corner" means here? probably 'behind him'.

It's a cricket context.

Yo
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Thank you Clive. I take your advice. I will try to concentrate on other than sports contexts henceforth.

But it is not that I myself indulged in reading cricket texts, but I came by such contexts on my way while watching live scores on Television or Internet.
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