Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cricket: A fielder who plays between cover-point and mid-off, but farther from the batsman's wicket than either; an extra cover-point.
- noun His position in the field.
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Examples
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The breakthrough came when Sammy took a fine catch at extra-cover off Bishoo to dismiss Pakistan's captain, Shahid Afridi, and break what was potentially a match-winning partnership.
Devendra Bishoo grabs four wickets as West Indies beat Pakistan 2011
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That aside, the over is again full of runs, with Prior swishing a boundary through extra-cover.
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As if to underline the point, Bell, on 99, chose to chassé down the pitch to Smith, and thread him precisely and with perfect poise through the infield to the extra-cover boundary.
The Ashes 2010: Sublime Ian Bell dances to a century for England Mike Selvey in Hobart 2010
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England's World Twenty20 opening pair had their own little joust: Michael Lumb needed treatment at silly point after Kieswetter slammed one into his knee but later caught him in the relative safety of extra-cover.
Somerset scent victory over Hampshire after James Hildreth century David Hopps at Taunton 2010
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Two boundaries in successive balls off the fast bowler, hard, clean drives past extra-cover, put him at peace with all the world.
Psmith in the City 1928
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A short mid-on posted and a short extra-cover but Watson leaving alone...
BBC News - Home 2011
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They were clearly a huge few days for him he didn't field just on the last day; especially as I'd seen him at Swansea on the Sunday before his day in the sun and he had dropped a straightforward catch at extra-cover.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Both Ahmed Quadri, and then wicketkeeper Ibrahim Khaleel, chopped on to Woakes - but Yadav tucked into Graeme Swann with a straight six and another maximum over extra-cover.
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'Gardening' of the pitch tapping down small indentations etc could only commence once the ball had been transferred from wicketkeeper to extra-cover.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Slip and a short leg in for Hughes, as well as a short extra-cover, as Hughes steers through point for one...
BBC News - Home 2011
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