Cricket

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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mongoose bat

Sports; Cricket

A cricket bat specifically designed for Twenty20 cricket. The design is unusual in that the blade is 33% shorter than a conventional bat and the handle is 43% longer.

wash out

Sports; Cricket

A cricket match, or a specific day of a cricket match, which is abandoned with either no play or very little play due to rain.

square-cut

Sports; Cricket

A cut shot, played square, i.e. perpendicular to the bowler's delivery.

slash

Sports; Cricket

A cut, but played aggressively or possibly recklessly – a cut (q.v.) being a shot played square on the off side to a short-pitched delivery wide of off stump. So called because the batsman makes a ...

roller

Sports; Cricket

A cylindrical implement used to flatten the pitch before play.

arm ball

Sports; Cricket

A deceptive delivery bowled by an off spin bowler that is not spun, so, unlike the off break, it travels straight on (with the bowler's arm). A particularly good bowler's arm ball might also swing ...

hat-trick ball

Sports; Cricket

A delivery bowled after taking two wickets with the previous two deliveries. The captain will usually set a very attacking field for a hat-trick ball, to maximise the chances of the bowler taking a ...