板球

在学校里，除了板球外，你对什么都不感兴趣，这显然不对。

At school , it simply wasn 't done to show that you cared for anything except cricket .

板球比赛能激起观众热情的地方很少。

There was precious little about the cricket to animate the crowd

名字叫得响当当的欧洲板球运动员杯实际在沃克索普私立中学举行。

The grandly named European Cricketer Cup is based at Worksop College

即使身在苏黎世，他也一直关注着郡际板球赛的比分。

Even in Zurich he kept up with the County cricket scores .

他总是吹嘘自己板球球技的高超。

He 's always bragging about his prowess as a cricketer

职业板球运动员协会在伦敦举办了自己的年度宴会。

The Professional Cricketers ' Association held its annual dinner in London .

米德尔塞克斯郡板球选手盖廷和恩伯里很难说是当红人物。

Middlesex cricketers Gatting and Emburey are hardly flavour of the month .

一个板球拍柄从他的胳肢窝下面伸了出来。

The handle of a cricket bat protruded from under his arm .

让人感到惊奇的是，板球碰巧也是我最喜欢的运动。

By a curious twist of fate , cricket was also my favourite sport

韦斯·霍尔曾经是西印度群岛伟大的板球运动员之一。

Wes Hall was once one of the West Indies ' great cricketers .

西印度群岛的板球运动看起来前景光明。

The future quality of West Indian cricket looks promising

可惜的是美国人不打板球。

The pity of it was that the Americans didn 't play cricket .

这儿的男孩是全国15岁以下板球手中的佼佼者。

The boys here are the pick of the under-15 cricketers in the country

在夏季学期，我们会在村里的空地上打板球。

During the summer term we would play cricket at the village ground .

职业板球的水平从来没有这么低过。

The standard of professional cricket has never been lower

他认为自己永远不会对国际板球赛生厌。

He felt he would never tire of international cricket

他昨天正式宣布退出甲级板球赛。

He officially announced his retirement from first-class cricket yesterday

玩板球时他最开心了。

He was at his happiest whilst playing cricket

板球是典型的英格兰运动。

Cricket is the archetypal English game .

他将会作为史上最伟大的板球投手之一而留名青史。

His name will live in history as one of the greatest bowlers of all time

这将是22年来南非首次正式的板球巡回赛。

It will be the first official cricket tour of South Africa for 22 years .

沃的板球打得很臭。

Waugh was a duffer at cricket .

这么长时间以来，他一直在坐冷板凳，等着被召回参加板球对抗赛。

For so long he had waited in the wilderness for a recall to Test cricket .

他的死给板球界留下一个永远无法填补的空白。

His death has left a void in the cricketing world which can never be filled .

我喜欢打板球。

I enjoyed playing cricket .

完全没有证据表明观众想看时间更长的板球比赛。情况恰恰相反。

There is absolutely no evidence at all that spectators want longer cricket matches . Quite the reverse

罗宾·史密斯得到167分，创下了英格兰击球手在这类板球比赛中的最高得分纪录。

Robin Smith made 167 , the highest score by an England batsman in this form of cricket

格雷姆依然是一个极有天赋的板球运动员，在这项运动中一定仍可拥有辉煌的前程。

Graeme remains a supremely talented cricketer and must still have a splendid future in the game .

西印度群岛队在第五场板球对抗赛的第一个比赛日发起了一次戏剧性的反攻。

The West Indies have staged a dramatic fightback on the first day of the fifth test .

对我这样的板球爱好者来说，能够在板球的故乡比赛是一件令人无比兴奋的事。

It 's a great thrill for a cricket-lover like me to play at the home of cricket .