"cover drive" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-cover drive.ogg [Australia] Forms: cover drives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cover drive (plural cover drives)
  1. (cricket) A type of shot played by the batsman bringing the bat down vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of cover. Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-cover_drive-en-noun-uLp1n2q7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb

Audio: en-au-cover drive.ogg [Australia] Forms: cover drives [present, singular, third-person], cover driving [participle, present], cover drove [past], cover driven [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cover drive<,,drove,driven>}} cover drive (third-person singular simple present cover drives, present participle cover driving, simple past cover drove, past participle cover driven)
  1. (intransitive, cricket) To play a cover drive shot. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-cover_drive-en-verb-NQZL5Wcu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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