Sentence examples for mark the creases from inspiring English sources
As usual at the break a gaggle of curious spectators have ventured onto the square to watch the groundsman brush the wicket-ends and re-mark the creases.
Listen and luxuriate; the scratch of the batsman's boot as he marks the crease, the toc-toc of the bat as he prepares to take strike, then the thud-scrape of the bowler's delivery.
A pencil/biro might come in handy to mark the line of the down crease.
Hubert Carlyle Miller, a former US national cricket coach, pointed out, in an interview with the New York Times, that you don't have to be particularly athletic or tall to make your mark at the crease.
Fold paper with the fold line from one corner to the middle of the opposite side, as marked with the crease from the first fold.
Fold the rectangles in thirds lengthwise and use a fabric pen or pencil mark the two inside creases.
Take the 1.5 inch piece and unfold it at the center mark so that the crease is exposed.
The bowling and return creases mark the area within which the bowler's rear foot must be grounded in delivering the ball; the popping crease, which is 62 feet (18.9 metres) from the opposing bowling crease, demarks the batsman's ground.
At the 1/3 mark opposite the collar, pull the creases so they are creased the opposite way.
If you are uncertain about where the halfway mark is, fold the paper in half lengthwise or "hotdog style" Unfold and cut along the crease mark.
