In contrast to the soft trill of the field cricket — "the bard of the grass, " one poet calls them — cicadas and katydids produce the kind of deafening hiss that can drown out conversation.

与田蟋柔软的短促叫声不同（一位诗人称它们是“草地的吟游诗人”），知了和蝈蝈制造一种让人们无法交谈的震耳欲聋的嗤嗤声。

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Cricket keeps an off-field umpire for boundary calls, and to ascertain whether batsmen are run out and if catches are real.

板球有一个场外的裁判来判定边界，并确定击球手是否出局，接球是否真实。

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Cricket keeps an off-field umpire for boundary calls, and to ascertain whether batsmen are run out, and if catches are real.

板球为了边界球的判罚设置了一个外场裁判，以确认击球手是否出局，接球是否真实有效。

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"These days you can't do anything on a cricket field, " he said.

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When India and Pakistan last met on the cricket field, during last year's World Cup, both nations all but ground to a halt.

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Five boys aged between 16 and 18 were admitted to hospital on Tuesday after a lightning bolt hit a cricket field at their school.

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