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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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nurdle

Sports; Cricket

To score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field. Also called milking around e.g.: "He milked the bowler around".

flash

Sports; Cricket

To wield the bat aggressively, often hitting good line and length deliveries indiscriminately.

quick

Sports; Cricket

Traditionally, a quick bowler was one who completed his over in a short space of time. In more recent years, it has been used as a synonym for a fast or pace bowler. ...

brace

Sports; Cricket

Two wickets taken off two consecutive deliveries.

supersub

Sports; Cricket

Under experimental One-Day International rules introduced in July 2005, the twelfth man became a substitute, able to come on and replace any player, with the substitute able to ...