king pair
king pair — 名詞
1. In cricket, a very unlucky record where a batter is dismissed on the very first
雙金蛋
板球中兩局首球即出局
In cricket, a very unlucky record where a batter is dismissed on the very first ball they face in each of the two innings of the same match, meaning they scored zero runs from both attempts.
Mert suffered a king pair in the county final — bowled on the first ball of both innings.
Mert 在郡冠軍賽中苦吞雙金蛋——兩局都在第一球就遭淘汰。
collocation: suffered a king pair
The crowd fell silent when Quan's king pair left his team needing 30 more runs to win.
Quan 的雙金蛋讓隊伍距離勝利還差三十分，全場陷入一片寂靜。
Sofia's Test debut ended in tears when a king pair left her scoreless in both innings.
Sofia 的 Test 初登場以淚水收場，雙金蛋讓她兩局都掛零。
The captain shook his head after Gabriel's king pair — two first-ball dismissals, zero runs.
Gabriel 的雙金蛋讓隊長搖頭——兩次首球遭淘汰，得分掛零。
Rachid stared at his bat, unable to explain how he nicked both first balls to the wicketkeeper.
Rachid 盯著自己的球棒，無法解釋為何兩次都將第一球擦向捕手方向而被接殺。
用法筆記
Only used in cricket. A regular 'pair' simply means zero runs in both innings; a 'king pair' adds the condition that the batter was dismissed on the first ball of each innings — making it a notably worse record.