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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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Back foot contact

Sports; Cricket

is the position of the bowler at the moment when his back foot lands on the ground just prior to delivering the ball.

Back foot shot

Sports; Cricket

A shot played with the batsman's weight on his back foot (i.e. the foot furthest from the bowler).

Back spin

Sports; Cricket

Delivery which has a rotation backwards so that after pitching it immediately slows down, or bounces lower and skids on to the batsman.

Bail

Sports; Cricket

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

Ball

Sports; Cricket

Red for first-class and most club cricket, white for one-day matches (and, experimentally, women once used blue balls and men orange ones). It weighs 5½ ounces ( 5 ounces for ...

Barbecue

Sports; Cricket

When a batsmen runs his batting partner out, generally with a poor call

Bat-pad

Sports; Cricket

A fielder who is in position close to the batsman on the leg side to catch the ball if it hits the bat, then the pad, and rises to a catchable height. Also a defence against being ...