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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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helicopter shot

Sports; Cricket

A stroke played by swinging the bat in an "uppercut" fashion so that it catches the ball partly from below; in the follow-through the bat flails up and round vertically, through ...

dilscoop

Sports; Cricket

A stroke where a batsman goes on one knee and hits a good length or slightly short of length ball straight over the wicket keeper's head usually to the boundary or over it. ...

leg theory

Sports; Cricket

A style of bowling attack where balls are aimed towards the leg side, utilizing several close-in, leg side fielders. The aim of leg theory is to cramp the batsman so that he has ...

spin bowling

Sports; Cricket

A style of bowling in which a spin bowler ("spinner") attempts to deceive the batsman by imparting spin on the ball using either their fingers or their wrist. Spin bowling is most ...

fast bowling

Sports; Cricket

A style of bowling in which the ball is delivered at high speeds, typically over 90 mph (145 km/h). Pace bowlers also use swing.

break

Sports; Cricket

A suffix used to describe the ball changing direction after pitching caused by the bowler's spin or cut. For example, a leg spinner will deliver leg breaks (moving from leg to ...