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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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mongoose bat

Sports; Cricket

A cricket bat specifically designed for Twenty20 cricket. The design is unusual in that the blade is 33% shorter than a conventional bat and the handle is 43% longer.

wash out

Sports; Cricket

A cricket match, or a specific day of a cricket match, which is abandoned with either no play or very little play due to rain.

square-cut

Sports; Cricket

A cut shot, played square, i.e. perpendicular to the bowler's delivery.

slash

Sports; Cricket

A cut, but played aggressively or possibly recklessly – a cut (q.v.) being a shot played square on the off side to a short-pitched delivery wide of off stump. So called because ...

roller

Sports; Cricket

A cylindrical implement used to flatten the pitch before play.

arm ball

Sports; Cricket

A deceptive delivery bowled by an off spin bowler that is not spun, so, unlike the off break, it travels straight on (with the bowler's arm). A particularly good bowler's arm ball ...

hat-trick ball

Sports; Cricket

A delivery bowled after taking two wickets with the previous two deliveries. The captain will usually set a very attacking field for a hat-trick ball, to maximise the chances of ...