Definitions
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- adjective cricket Describing a
commentary (especially on theradio ) in which acommentator describes every ball bowled, every shot hit, and the positions of the fielders; normally assisted by asummarizer who describes the game as a whole and provides other comments and ascorer who keeps a record of all statistics
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Examples
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After four months abroad, including following the Ashes from South America among unmoved locals, the silver lining to the cloud of returning home on Sunday will be finally being in a country gripped by cricket fever and glued to ball-by-ball updates all day every day.
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I've really enjoyed following the Ashes via TMS, the TV and video highlights (ITV 4, ECB and Cricket Australia), Twitter, the ball-by-ball webpages (Guardian and BBC), various blogs etc.
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Or minutely editing field placings before going ball-by-ball for the final few overs of a T20 game.
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I've been lucky to spend several days this summer at test cricket grounds, watching TV coverage of same or even surreptitiously following the ball-by-ball updates on my computer.
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I've been lucky to spend several days this summer at test cricket grounds, watching TV coverage of same or even surreptitiously following the ball-by-ball updates on my computer.
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
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I've been lucky to spend several days this summer at test cricket grounds, watching TV coverage of same or even surreptitiously following the ball-by-ball updates on my computer.
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Radio Four LW and Five Live Sports Extra will be providing full ball-by-ball coverage on the majority of matches.
Islands in the stream « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2007
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Most cricket fans will remember well Brian Johnston's collapse after Aggers described Ian Botham's vain attempt to avoid hitting his wicket as "He couldn't quite get his leg over" - ball-by-ball commentary at its funniest.
Corpsing. Glyn Davies 2008
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The Australian Broadcasting Commission has a long tradition of broadcasting matches in Australia, all the way back to the 1930s when ball-by-ball descriptions of play in England were sent by telegram to Australia and read over the air as if actually broadcasting live play - including crude sound effects a pencil hitting a block of wood for the sound of the ball hitting the bat.
Friday Find: From Erika's Archive Erika D. 2008
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Despite the fact that Sky Television has the exclusive rights to broadcast the live action from the West Indies, Cricinfo.com is using computer animation to provide ball-by-ball coverage to non-Sky viewers.
But Is It Cricket? glyn moody 2007
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