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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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square leg

Sports; Cricket

Further from the Pitch then the Square Short Leg.

square short leg

Sports; Cricket

A fielding position indicating the player is 90 degrees to the pitch. Close to a line perpendicular to the pitch, through the batsmen. There are also Square Leg or Deep Square Leg ...

stance

Sports; Cricket

The way in which the batsmen position himself when getting ready to hit. Batsmen usually keep their feet about 8 inches apart and on either side of the popping crease.

standing back

Sports; Cricket

This is a description of the position of the wicketkeeper who will be 10 to 20 yards behind the wicket. This is done with a fast bowler, so the wicketkeeper has more time to ...

standing up

Sports; Cricket

This is a description of the position of the wicketkeeper immediately behind the wicket. This is done with a slow bowler to be in position to perform a stumping.

sticky wicket

Sports; Cricket

This is a description of a wet pitch, drying in the sun, on which batting is awfully difficult. Now that most pitches are covered during rain storms, this does not happen often.

stone walling

Sports; Cricket

This is a tactic used by a team that is far down on runs against the other team but if they are able to stay at bat long enough they might be able to force a draw.