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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Tight in defence
Shahadat to Gambhir, no run, fuller and much closer to the stumps, this time Gambhir is tight in defence, pushed back to the bowler with soft hands.
This is also a commentator sentence in Cricket.
I wonder what he mean by "tight in defence"?
Though I know generally 'defence' means to play a ball with dead bat.
This is also a commentator sentence in Cricket.
I wonder what he mean by "tight in defence"?
Though I know generally 'defence' means to play a ball with dead bat.
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Hi. 'tight in defence' means the batter met the ball with an efficient, well-conducted defensive stroke of the bat - as though there was no chance the ball was going to get past him and strike the stumps.
- Hi.
- 'tight in defence' means the batter met the ball with an efficient, well-conducted defensive stroke of the bat - as though there was no chance the ball was going to get past him and strike the stumps.
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Hi. 'tight in defence' means the batter met the ball with an efficient, well-conducted defensive stroke of the bat - as though there was no chance the ball was going to get past him and strike the stumps.
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