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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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wicket maiden

Sports; Cricket

A maiden over in which the bowler also dismisses a batsman. A double wicket maiden if two wickets are taken, and so on.

one day international (ODI)

Sports; Cricket

A match between two national sides limited to 50 overs per innings, played over at most one day.

odds match

Sports; Cricket

A match in which one side has more players than the other. Generally the extra players were allowed to field as well as bat and so the bowling side had more than 11 fielders.

batting collapse

Sports; Cricket

A match situation in which many batsmen are dismissed in rapid succession for very few runs. The terms top order collapse or middle order collapse may be used to describe batting ...

timeless match

Sports; Cricket

A match which is played until both teams have completed their allotted innings or overs, regardless of how many days are required. Many early first class matches were played in a ...

timed match

Sports; Cricket

A match whose duration is based on a set amount of time rather than a set number of overs. Timed matches usually have a draw as a potential result, in addition to the win/loss or ...