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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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stumped

Sports; Cricket

If the wicketkeeper breaks the wicket with the ball, while the batsmen is out of his ground, or crease, but not attempting a run, the batsmen is out. Only the wicketkeeper is ...

stumps

Sports; Cricket

The three posts that hold up the two bails. The bails rest in grooves at the top of the stumps. Together, the stumps and bails make up a wicket. The three stumps are known as the ...

substitutes

Sports; Cricket

Each team is allowed to bring a player into the game for a player who gets hurt or becomes ill. This substitute player can only play in the field and are not allowed to bat or ...

tail-ender

Sports; Cricket

Batsmen, who is usually a bowler, who bats late in the order.

tea

Sports; Cricket

Of course with any game of English origin, there must be a tea break. So about halfway through the afternoon session the teams leave the field for a 20-minute break for tea. Iced ...

teams

Sports; Cricket

Each team is allowed to have 11 players on a team. The positions on the team consist of bowlers, wicketkeepers, batsmen and all-rounders.

test match

Sports; Cricket

The highest level of cricket. A Test is a match played between two international teams over five days, usually as part of a series of three, five or six matches. There are nine ...