NOT CRICKET.
Sir,-May I protest against an Americanism which appears to have forced its way into the commentaries on cricket. I refer of course to the word "strike." This is "not cricket"; it is simply Baseballese, and to be found only in the addenda, mostly slang, of the Oxford Dictionary. I trust that in future our cricket announcers will say simply "Tones to bat."
TOP SCORER
(Ohura).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 291, 19 January 1945, Page 7
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67NOT CRICKET. New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 291, 19 January 1945, Page 7
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