Hello Everyone,
Just wondering if you'd have a moment to help me figure out a few cricket terms I came across in a story I am translating.
It's a short story by PG Wodehouse over 100 years ago. Curious, if the phrases cricketers used then are still in use today:
1. "He has strokes through the slips..." - does it mean, that the batsman is really skilled and can make a shot even when slips (players, fielders) obstruct him? How many slips can be there in the field at the same time and are they allowed to obstruct the batsman?
2. take specs = play 0-0 - do you still say "to take specs" or "a pair of specs" when the score is 0-0?
3. Head ball - does this stroke still exist, or is it now called differently?
Thank you kindly for your answers and best of luck to all cricketers!
Just wondering if you'd have a moment to help me figure out a few cricket terms I came across in a story I am translating.
It's a short story by PG Wodehouse over 100 years ago. Curious, if the phrases cricketers used then are still in use today:
1. "He has strokes through the slips..." - does it mean, that the batsman is really skilled and can make a shot even when slips (players, fielders) obstruct him? How many slips can be there in the field at the same time and are they allowed to obstruct the batsman?
2. take specs = play 0-0 - do you still say "to take specs" or "a pair of specs" when the score is 0-0?
3. Head ball - does this stroke still exist, or is it now called differently?
Thank you kindly for your answers and best of luck to all cricketers!