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What is a sightscreen?

What is a sightscreen? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (cricket) A large screen, at each end of a cricket field, coloured to provide visual contrast to the cricket ball, to aid the batsman in seeing its movement through the air.
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The first time he attempted an aerial shot was in the 38th over when, batting on 115, he stepped down to Nathan Lyon and deposited him behind the sightscreen.
Earlier Greenaway was spotted impersonating a sightscreen by fielding almost directly behind the bowler's arm.
When I took guard in that Test match and looked for the bowler Vanburn Holder I saw him somewhere near the sightscreen.
Hassan was wounded after he fell over a fence on the boundary and collided with concrete and metal runners around the sightscreen.
Ahmad went for his shots and lifted Ali towards the sightscreen to get his second six.
He forgot everything but the sightscreen, concentrating on keeping the pip dead center.

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