A shot hit into the air off the upper edge of a bat held sideways.
（用球棒顶边斜向击打的）顶边球
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The shot which brought him his first Test century will not linger in the memory, but it was perhaps appropriate that a top-edge over third man should reward a batsman not known for his elegance.
Three overs later he was also gone, undone by an impatient waft at an innocuous delivery from White that took the top edge.
He had made just 19 runs in 21 overs when he unwisely attempted to hook a short delivery and instead succeeded in giving a top edge to Zoysa in the deep.
Boucher, trying to force the pace, got a top edge to a delivery from Wharf, and was caught by Vaughan on the third man boundary for 24.
He went to sweep, got a top edge and was caught by Sanath at backward square leg.
Stewart had taken 26 off 21 balls when he was caught behind off a top edge going for a pull, leaving 14 to win and nine balls to be bowled.
Six runs later he got a big top edge and was caught by Muchall.
His away-from-the-body swipe took a top edge, and Hondo took the catch at mid-off.
He also got a top edge and skied a catch to Kahled.
He also had Price off the field after being struck in the face by a ball deflected off the top edge of the bat.
This time the top-edge required a brilliant athletic catch from him, as he sprinted from behind the stumps to a backward square-leg position.
verb
Cricket
with objectHit (the ball) off the upper edge of a bat held sideways; hit a ball delivered by (a bowler) in this way.
打顶边球
he top-edged the ball straight up into the air for the bowler to complete the dismissal
no objecthe top-edged low to first slip
Example sentencesExamples
He attempted to pull one from outside off, and top-edged a catch to the bowler
India seemed to be coasting when Mongia threw it away, top-edging a pull to Vaas off Fernando for 33.
But then he got carried away and top-edged to long leg like a tailender.
He tried to rebuild the innings, but felt the pressure to keep the runs flowing, and top-edged a rank full-toss from Ontong to short third-man.
No run could be taken from the first five deliveries and then the sixth was top-edged to the keeper… game over, scores level!
But this time he top-edged and gave the simplest of chances.
He tried to hook a rising Gough delivery but succeeded only in top-edging the ball to Giles.
But with 14 needed off 10 balls, he top-edged a pull off Nicholson and was caught behind for a 21-ball 26.
Instead of staying on, he chooses to top-edge a sweep off Anil Kumble straight to fine leg, placed expressly for that shot.
He tried to pull a short ball from Sami from outside off stump, top-edged it, and was caught by the bowler running towards midwicket.
He tried sweeping a delivery, and top-edged it to square leg to give Pakistan an early breakthrough.
Croft continued the resistance, and the acting captain had been at the crease for over two hours in scoring a watchful 34 when he top-edged a pull against Ben Phillips and was well caught by Nel running in from long-leg.
At Queen's on Friday, the Frenchman top-edged a return of serve.
The frantic pace was maintained in England's second innings, and any thoughts of quiet consolidation disappeared in the first over when he top-edged a short ball from Drum into the deep.
In trying to up the tempo he then top-edged a short ball from at squareleg to be well caught for 52, and the Lions in trouble at 95 for 4 in after 27 overs.
I was trying to bowl a slow top-spinner down the leg side so he could top-edge a sweep.
Pakistan had an early breakthrough when he tried sweeping a delivery, only to top-edge it to square leg.
Yet he remained phlegmatic throughout, and after his first-innings failure (in which he had top-edged a bouncer to fine leg) he was watchful and tenacious against pace and spin alike - save for one notable let-off.
He struck again two balls later when Vaughan top-edged a ball to Rudolph at mid-on to go out for a duck.
He tried to go for a huge shot, trying to get maximum runs and unfortunately top-edged and missed his century by just one run in the recent NatWest Challenge.