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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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leg cutter

Sports; Cricket

A break delivery bowled by a fast or medium-pace bowler with similar action to a spin bowler, but at a faster pace. The ball breaks from the leg side to the off side of the ...

cameo

Sports; Cricket

A brief but quick-scoring innings. For example, "He played a little cameo of an innings".

caught behind

Sports; Cricket

A catch by the wicket-keeper.

gully

Sports; Cricket

A close fielder near the slip fielders, at an angle to a line between the two sets of stumps of about 100 to 140 degrees.

forward defence

Sports; Cricket

A commonly-employed defensive shot.

hawk-eye

Sports; Cricket

A computer-generated graphic which tracks the trajectory of a delivery between the bowler and batsman, and shows the probable trajectory of the ball if it were not hindered by the ...

eagle-eye

Sports; Cricket

A computer-generated graphic which tracks the trajectory of a delivery between the bowler and batsman, and shows the probable trajectory of the ball if it were not hindered by the ...