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cover point
noun
- Cricket. the position and the player stationed near the point.
- Lacrosse. the position and the player stationed before the point.
cover point
noun
- cricket
- a fielding position in the covers
- a fielder in this position
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cover point1
First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences
He gave the simplest of chances to cover point, and Buller's rarely missed their catches.
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Then the last man came in, and the first thing he did was to send up a nice little dolly catch to Eric at cover-point.
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Frank was caught at cover point, having added twenty-eight since Thompson left him, the other three being credited to Childers.
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Some balls he hit to “leg,” and some he cut with terrific force past “cover-point.”
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Cover-point was the doctor, and probably the safest man in the whole field to whom to send a catch.
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