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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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kolpak

Sports; Cricket

An overseas players who plays in English domestic cricket under the Kolpak ruling.

stand

Sports; Cricket

An Umpire who officiates a cricket match is described as standing in that match.

forty-five on the one

Sports; Cricket

An uncommon fielding position akin to a short third-man, roughly halfway between the pitch and the boundary. Also used for a short backward square leg (at 45° behind square ...

hoik

Sports; Cricket

An unrefined shot played to the leg side usually across the line of the ball.

wrong 'un

Sports; Cricket

Australian term for a googly - a legspinner's delivery that turns in the opposite direction, ie from off to leg.

eleven

Sports; Cricket

Another name for one cricket team, which is made of eleven players.

half-tracker

Sports; Cricket

Another term for a long hop. So called because the ball roughly bounces halfway down the pitch.