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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uppish

Sports; Cricket

A description of a shot that gains a risky amount of height, opening up the possibility of the batsman being caught.

snickometer

Sports; Cricket

A device used to measure the distinct sound generated when a batsman snicks the ball. The distinct sound is shown as a high spike (like one generated by a seismograph during an earthquake) on the ...

beehive

Sports; Cricket

A diagram showing where a number of balls, usually from a particular bowler, have passed the batsman. Compare pitch map.

pitch map

Sports; Cricket

A diagram showing where a number of balls, usually from a particular bowler, have pitched. Compare beehive.

out dipper

Sports; Cricket

A dipper that curves away from the batsman before pitching.

golden pair

Sports; Cricket

A dismissal for nought (zero) runs off the first ball faced in each of a batsman's two innings of a two-innings match (see this list of Pairs in test and first class cricket).

king pair

Sports; Cricket

A dismissal for nought (zero) runs off the first ball faced in each of a batsman's two innings of a two-innings match (see this list of Pairs in test and first class cricket).