Sports

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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diamond duck

Sports; Cricket

Regional usage varies, but either a dismissal (usually run out) without facing a delivery, or a dismissal (for zero) off the first ball of a team's innings (the less common term ...

light

Sports; Cricket

Umpires offer the batsmen the option to cease play if conditions become too dark to be safe for batting.

mine

Sports; Cricket

Shouted by a fieldsman when "calling" a catch; that is, announcing to other fieldsmen that he is in a position to take the catch. This is considered good practice, as it prevents ...

scorer

Sports; Cricket

Someone who scores the progress of the game. Runs, wickets, extras etc

Pro20

Sports; Cricket

South African form of Twenty20

double hat-trick

Sports; Cricket

Taking four wickets in four consecutive balls, so named because it consists of two overlapping hat-tricks. Former Hampshire player Kevan James is the only player in first class ...