extra cover

Or extra cover point

noun

Cricket.

1. the position of a fielder between mid off and cover point.

2. the fielder occupying this position.

extra cover

noun

1. cricket a fielding position between cover and mid-off

Word History and Origins

Origin of extra cover¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

She then successfully reviewed an lbw, but on 13 the turning point came as the third umpire intervened once more to rule that Shorna Akter had grounded the ball while taking a catch at extra cover.

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Knight drilled the ball to Shorna Akter at extra cover, but the third umpire deemed that the fielder had dragged the ball along the turf as she dived forward, with this coming after Knight had also overturned a caught behind and an lbw.

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Travelling without their all-format stars, England were captained by Jacob Bethell for the first time, with the 21-year-old hitting 24 off 16 balls before a tame swipe to extra cover just as he appeared to be going through the gears.

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Before the Burger miss, Matthew Breetzke comically put down Jamie Smith on 23 when a leading edge from the opener, whose 62 put England on the front foot, looped to him at extra cover.

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Charlie Dean takes a brilliant one-handed catch at extra cover to dismiss Marizanne Kapp as London Spirit face Oval Invincibles in the Hundred at the Oval.

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