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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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over the wicket

Sports; Cricket

A right-handed bowler bowling to the left of the stumps, and vice-versa for a left-handed bowler.

around the wicket or round the wicket

Sports; Cricket

A right-handed bowler passing to the right of the stumps during his bowling action, and vice-versa for left-handed bowlers.

silly nanny

Sports; Cricket

A rough streak of poor bowls, usually resulting in substitution or a chorus of dismay from the crowd.

sundry

Sports; Cricket

A run not attributed to any batsman; there are five types: byes, leg byes, penalties, wides and no-balls. The first three types are called 'fielding' extras (i.e. the fielders are ...

extra

Sports; Cricket

A run not attributed to any batsman; there are five types: byes, leg byes, penalties, wides and no-balls. The first three types are called 'fielding' extras (i.e. the fielders are ...

Nelson

Sports; Cricket

A score of 111, either of a team or an individual batsman. According to an established superstition, the score is unlucky and at that point a batsman is likely to be dismissed. ...

devil's number

Sports; Cricket

A score of 87, regarded as unlucky in Australian cricket. According to Australian superstition, batsmen have a tendency to be dismissed for 87. The superstition is thought to ...