Sports

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.

64Categories 218770Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Sports

Become a Contributors

Sports > Cricket

leg before wicket (LBW)

Sports; Cricket

A way of dismissing the batsman. In brief, the batsman is out if, in the opinion of the umpire, the ball hits any part of the batsman's body (usually the leg) before hitting the ...

wicket-keeper/batsman

Sports; Cricket

A wicket-keeper who is also a very good batsman, capable of opening the batting or at least making good scores in the top order.

rough

Sports; Cricket

The area of a pitch that is scuffed up and loosened by the action of a bowler running through in his follow-through. Usually, this will be situated a foot or so outside leg stump, ...

slider

Sports; Cricket

A wrist spinner's delivery where backspin is put on the ball.

projapoti

Sports; Cricket

A zero rotation slower or variation ball, which when bowled correctly, moves erratically in flight like a butterfly. So named by the Bangladesh bowling coach Ian Pont & fielding ...