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crease
noun as in fold, wrinkle
Example Sentences
After Spencer pinned Matthew Maynard - an England international - leg before wicket, Richards swaggered to the crease to a standing ovation.
In July of this year, England needed 73 more to pull off a record chase against India at The Oval with Harry Brook and Joe Root at the crease making hundreds.
Smith, booed to the crease by the travelling fans, edged to second slip, then Khawaja gloved a spiteful lifter.
That brought Root to the crease in his latest campaign for an elusive first century in Australia.
Her white hair floated, cloudlike, atop her head, and a delicate pattern of creases fanned across her face like arching fronds, especially when she smiled.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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