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Cricket
Terms of or pertaining to the bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on a roughly circular field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. Each team takes it in turn to bat, in which they attempt to accumulate as many runs as possible, while the other team fields, attempting to prevent the batting team scoring runs.
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strike rate
Sports; Cricket
1. (batting) a percentage equal to the number of runs scored by a batsman divided by the number of balls faced. 2. (bowling) the average number of deliveries bowled before a bowler takes a wicket.
unorthodox
Sports; Cricket
1. A shot played not in the accepted "textbook" manner, often with a degree of improvisation. 2. A left arm spin bowler who spins the ball with his wrist. This imparts spin in the same direction as ...