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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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batting

Sports; Cricket

The act and skill of defending one's wicket and scoring runs.

bowling

Sports; Cricket

The act of delivering the cricket ball to the batsman.

shot

Sports; Cricket

The act of the batsman hitting the ball with his bat.

run chase

Sports; Cricket

The act/task of the team batting second (in a limited-overs match) or batting fourth (in an unlimited overs match), trying to win a match by batting and surpassing the runs ...

underarm

Sports; Cricket

The action of bowling with the arm swinging from behind the body in a downswing arc and then releasing the ball on the up swing without bending the elbow. This type of bowling is ...

overarm

Sports; Cricket

The action of bowling with the arm swinging from behind the body over the head, releasing the ball on the down swing without bending the elbow. This type of bowling is the only ...

leave

Sports; Cricket

The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball. He may do this by holding the bat above his body. However, there is a clause in the LBW rules making him more ...