Hi all..
This is part two ya…

1) Those who submit _______ to dictatorship may ultimately lose their feedom.
( _ EE _ L Y )

2) A good ______ should be note-perfect.
( T _ N _ R )

3) If one gets behind with a job, one may have to ______ to catch up.
( H _ S T _ _ )

4) Prolonged heavy rain can ruin a cricket ______.
( _ _ T C H )—match??

Thanks

Best Regards,
Parames.S

1) Those who submit _______ to dictatorship may ultimately lose their feedom.
( _ EE _ L Y )

no idea…

2) A good ______ should be note-perfect.
( T _ N _ R )

tenor or tuner…

3) If one gets behind with a job, one may have to ______ to catch up.
( H _ S T _ _ )

hasten

4) Prolonged heavy rain can ruin a cricket ______.
( _ _ T C H )—match??

match

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1) Those who submit _______ to dictatorship may ultimately lose their feedom.
( _ EE _ L Y )

Meekly.

My guesses

( _ EE _ L Y ) MEEKLY  or perhaps FEEBLY

( T _ N _ R ) TENOR or TUNER, most likely Tenor

( H _ S T _ _ )  HUSTLE

( _ _ T C H ) PITCH   Prolonged rain sounds like it would ruin the field on which it is played, so, after looking at a glossary, it appears that one has to throw the ball so it bounces at the batter, so a prolonged rain would ruin the bounce and therefore the word must be PITCH.

( _ _ T C H ) PITCH   Prolonged rain sounds like it would ruin the field on which it is played, so, after looking at a glossary, it appears that one has to throw the ball so it bounces at the batter, so a prolonged rain would ruin the bounce and therefore the word must be PITCH.

When a match is being played and it starts to rain, the players go inside and the covers are put on the pitch.  If it stops raining, then the covers are taken off and play resumes.  If the rain does not cease then play is abandoned.  Many cricket matches are rained out.

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Many cricket matches are rained out.

Not here, and for two reasons: It seldoms rains, and no one in Israel plays cricket.  :P

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When a match is being played and it starts to rain, the players go inside and the covers are put on the pitch.  If it stops raining, then the covers are taken off and play resumes.  If the rain does not cease then play is abandoned.  Many cricket matches are rained out.

But what if you have a prolonged rain BEFORE a match?  Do you cover the fields at the first sign of a cloud?

But what if you have a prolonged rain BEFORE a match?  Do you cover the fields at the first sign of a cloud?

The pitch and the field are two different things.  The pitch is the narrow strip in the middle of the field.  The bowler runs up to the end of the pitch and bowls the ball to the batsman defending at the other end.  The batsman attempts to hit the ball and to cross over to the other end of the pitch.  The bowler’s team stands at intervals around the pitch and scattered through the field.

When it rains it is the pitch that is covered, not the whole field.  The pitch is the part that needs to have the bounce in it.

When a ground is being prepared for first division or test cricket then I believe that the pitch is kept covered if rain is suspected.

(A little further explanation of cricket:  There must be two batsmen in at any given time.  If a batsman goes out, then another batsman goes in, and this process is repeated until there are no more batsman left to bat.  Then the team that was batting, or in, goes out and the team that was out goes in.)

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. . . The bowler runs up to the end of the pitch and bowls the ball to the batsman defending at the other end.

. . . (A little further explanation of cricket:  There must be two batsmen in at any given time.  If a batsman goes out, then another batsman goes in, and this process is repeated until there are no more batsman left to bat.  Then the team that was batting, or in, goes out and the team that was out goes in.)

Uh, huh.  So you’ve got two orderlies on the field, and when the officers run out of orderlies . . .  Who sets up the pins for the bowlers?  The orderlies?  Are they tenpins, duckpins, or candlepins?  And I thought soccer was confusing . . . 

 So you’ve got two orderlies on the field, and when the officers run out of orderlies . . .  Who sets up the pins for the bowlers?  The orderlies?  Are they tenpins, duckpins, or candlepins?  And I thought soccer was confusing . . .

The umpires (there are two on the field) set up the wickets.  These are three wooden sticks with pointy things on the end that get jammed into the ground.  The bails are set horizontally across the wickets.  There are wickets at each end of the pitch.  The bowler tries to hit the wicket so that the bails are knocked off; if he is successful then the batsman who was trying to defend his wicket is out (and another batsman comes in...).  

The defending batsman can also be out lbw - leg before wicket which means that instead of defending his wicket aka stumps with the bat that he has put a leg[s] in front of it.  

A batsman can also be caught out; any fielder can catch his hit on the fall.  If the bowler catches the ball on the fall then it is termed caught and bowled.  

A batsman may also be run out.  As I said, the batsmen try to exchange ends (and one crossing over constitutes one run).  Just before the wickets there is a line across the pitch and this is called the crease.  If a batsman makes back to the crease then he is safe.  However, if he is not in his crease and a fielder with the ball lifts the bails off the stumps, or if another fielder throws the ball so that it hits the stumps and knocks the bails off, then the batsman is out (and another comes in...).

Some fielding positions:  silly mid off; silly mid on; fine leg; extra fine leg; slips…

A bowler would like to bowl a maiden over or, better still, a hat trick.

So, as you see, Stargazer, there’s really nothing to it at all…  ;D

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. . . A bowler would like to bowl a maiden over or, better still, a hat trick.

So, as you see, Stargazer, there’s really nothing to it at all…  ;D

Hat trick
Getting three batters "out" in three successive pitches...so called because in the 17th century, a pitcher/bowler who accomplished the feat was rewarded by an immediate bonus, collected by passing a hat among gathered spectators.

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Main Entry: hat trick
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from the former practice of rewarding the feat with the gift of a hat
Date: 1877
1 : the retiring of three batsmen with three consecutive balls by a bowler in cricket
2 : the scoring of three goals in one game (as of hockey or soccer) by a single player
3 : a succession of three victories, successes, or related accomplishments

I thought I once saw the definition of hat trick in hockey as being derived from the phrase "he pulled that one out of his hat," i. e., comparing it to a feat of magic, as a magician pulling a rabbit out of his hat.