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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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floater

Sports; Cricket

A delivery bowled by a spinner that travels in a highly arched path appearing to 'float' in the air.

footmarks

Sports; Cricket

On a grass pitch, the bowler creates a rough patch where he lands his foot and follows through after delivering the ball. The rough patch can become cratered and becomes more ...

footwork

Sports; Cricket

The necessary (foot) steps that a batsman has to take so as to be at a comfortable distance from where the ball has pitched, just right to hit the ball anywhere he desires, ...

daisy cutter

Sports; Cricket

When a ball rolls along the pitch or bounces more than 2 times.

dead bat

Sports; Cricket

The bat when held with a light grip such that it gives when the ball strikes it, and the ball loses momentum and falls to the ground.

economical

Sports; Cricket

A bowler who concedes very few runs from his over(s), i.e. has a low economy rate. The opposite of expensive.

economy rate

Sports; Cricket

The average number of runs scored per over in the bowler's spell.