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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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declaration bowling

Sports; Cricket

Deliberately poor bowling (Full tosses and Long hops) from the fielding team to allow the batsman to score runs quickly and encourage the opposing captain to declare.

on the up

Sports; Cricket

Describes a batsman playing a shot, usually a drive, to a ball that is quite short and has already risen to knee height or more as the shot is played.

on a length

Sports; Cricket

Describing a delivery bowled on a good length.

down the pitch

Sports; Cricket

Describing the motion of a batsman towards the bowler prior to or during the delivery, made in the hope of turning a good length ball into a half-volley.

down the wicket

Sports; Cricket

Describing the motion of a batsman towards the bowler prior to or during the delivery, made in the hope of turning a good length ball into a half-volley.

bye

Sports; Cricket

Extras scored in the same way as normal runs when the ball does not make contact with any part of the batsman (bat, protective gear, body parts).

retire

Sports; Cricket

For a batsman to voluntarily leave the field during his innings, usually because of injury. A player who retires through injury/illness ("retired hurt/ill") may return in the same ...