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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grip

Sports; Cricket

The rubber casings used on the handle of the bat; alternatively, how the bowler holds the ball and how the batsman holds the bat.

asking rate

Sports; Cricket

The run rate at which the team batting second needs to score to catch the opponents score in a limited overs game.

net run rate (NRR)

Sports; Cricket

The run rate scored by the winning team subtracted by run rate scored by losing team. The winning team gets positive value, losing team the negative value. In a series, the mean of the NRR for all ...

mankad

Sports; Cricket

The running-out of a non-striking batsman who leaves his crease before the bowler has released the ball. It is named after Vinoo Mankad, an Indian bowler, who controversially used this method in a ...

target

Sports; Cricket

The score that the team batting second has to score to beat their opponents. This is one run more than what the team batting first managed.

overthrows also buzzers

Sports; Cricket

The scoring of extra runs due to an errant throw from a fielder. Occasionally used erroneously for any runs scored after a fielder misfields the ball. Also the throw itself.