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Definition of Popping crease

Popping crease
Popping Pop"ping, a. & n. from Pop. Popping crease. (Cricket) See under Crease.
Popping crease
Crease Crease, n. [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness, krausen, kr[aum]usen, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple, crease.] 1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced. 2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker. Bowling crease (Cricket), a line extending three feet four inches on each side of the central strings at right angles to the line between the wickets. Return crease (Cricket), a short line at each end of the bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward the bowler. Popping crease (Cricket),, a line drawn in front of the wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling crease and at least as long as the latter. --J. H. Walsh (Encyc. of Rural Sports).

Meaning of Popping crease from wikipedia

- cricket pitches, the popping hole. One popping crease is drawn at each end of the pitch in front of each set of stumps. The popping crease is 4 feet (1.2 m)...
- the bowling crease (i.e., in direct line of the wicket); the popping crease is exactly 3 feet 10 inches (1.17 m) before the bowling crease; various means...
- ball is in play, no part of their bat or person is grounded behind the popping crease and their wicket is fairly broken by the action of a fielder. The batter...
- ****ociated buildings and amenities. A batter's ground is the area behind the popping crease at their end of the pitch. It is one of the two safe zones that batters...
- each batter starts off behind one of the popping creases and then must go beyond the other popping crease, running a minimum distance of 58 feet (17...
- painted lines: a bowling crease, a popping crease and two return creases. The three stumps are aligned centrally on the bowling crease, which is eight feet...
- leaves their ground when they have moved down the pitch beyond the popping crease, often in an attempt to hit the ball). It is governed by Law 39 of the...
- crease', 'bowling crease' and two 'return creases'. The word 'crease' without further qualification refers either to the popping crease or to the region...
- one popping crease at each of its ends, with these dividing the field into the two batter's grounds, and the area in between (including the creases) in...
- stumps in the centre, and the middle stumps are 20 metres apart. The popping crease is in front of, and parallel with, the wicket lines at both ends. At...