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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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bumper

Sports; Cricket

Old-fashioned name for a bouncer.

wearing wicket

Sports; Cricket

On a turf pitch, typically consisting of dry/dead grass on the top, the soil can be loosened because of the players, stepping on it during play, and rough, abrasive patches can ...

bail

Sports; Cricket

One of the two small pieces of wood that lie on top of the stumps to form the wicket.

xavier tras

Sports; Cricket

Or X.Tras. Slang for the total number of extras (sundries) in an innings. It implies that the scorer of these extra runs is a hypothetical batsman of this name, thus including him ...

castled

Sports; Cricket

Out bowled often by a full length ball or a Yorker.

glove

Sports; Cricket

Part of a batsman's kit worn to protect the hands from accidental injury. When a hand is in contact with the bat it is considered part of the bat and so a player can be given out ...