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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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manhattan

Sports; Cricket

Also called the Skyline. It is a bar graph of the runs scored off each over in a one-day game, with dots indicating the overs in which wickets fell. The name is alternatively ...

skyline

Sports; Cricket

Alternative name for Manhattan.

one-day cricket

Sports; Cricket

An abbreviated form of the game, with just one innings per team, usually with a limited number of overs and played over one day.

protected area

Sports; Cricket

An area of the pitch defined as two feet wide down the middle of the pitch and beginning five feet from each popping crease. A bowler is not allowed to trespass this area in his ...

no man's land

Sports; Cricket

An area of the pitch with no fielders near it. Normally used when a batsman mistimes a shot and is lucky that the ball does not land in a position where it can be caught.

strike bowler

Sports; Cricket

An attacking bowler whose role is to take wickets rather than to restrict scoring. Usually a fast bowler or attacking spinner who bowls in short spells to attacking field ...