long handle

Noun

 * 1)  Forceful batsmanship.
 * 2) * 1889, Allan Gibson Steel, Robert Henry Lyttelton (Hon.), Cricket (page 77)
 * You may leave your ground even to fast bowling on slow wickets if you think you can bring off a hit by so doing, and generally hold the bat nearer the top and give her the long handle.
 * You may leave your ground even to fast bowling on slow wickets if you think you can bring off a hit by so doing, and generally hold the bat nearer the top and give her the long handle.