Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In cricket, to strike (a ball), usually a half volley, forcibly, so as to send (it) somewhere on the off-side, in front of point.
- noun In cricket, a powerful stroke by which an over-pitched ball is hit somewhere on the off-side, in front of point.
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Examples
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Taufeeq plays an awkward off-drive, banging the ball back past Hafeez at the non-striker's end and away to the rope for another boundary.
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R.E. Foster type -- wrist shots past cover, and an honest off-drive.
The Loom of Youth Alec Waugh 1939
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And, if Doe made a fine off-drive, all the onlookers (and Doe himself) turned and glanced at
Tell England A Study in a Generation Ernest Raymond 1931
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Sorry to cut you over with that off-drive; but you shouldn't have come in without knocking.
Poison Island Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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The latter made a magnificent off-drive, and invited his colleague to "come along," with the result that the observant spectators applauded them for what was supposed to have been three sharp runs.
Amusements in Mathematics Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893
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Bell's lofted off-drive for four off Steve Smith allowed him to reach his half-century
BBC News - Home 2011
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Bell's lofted off-drive for four off Steve Smith allowed him to reach his half-century
BBC News - Home 2011
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That really is top shelf from Bell, I'm not ashamed to say I made a rather erotic sound as he unfurled that one, a doozy of an off-drive for two.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Iffy off-drive from Cook which brings a thick inside-edge but the Essex opener picks up a couple with a tickle down to square-leg.
BBC News - Home 2011
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They swap singles off the first two balls of the over, before Cook plays a lovely off-drive straight back past the bowler for four to move to 39.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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