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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manhattan

Sports; Cricket

Also called the Skyline. It is a bar graph of the runs scored off each over in a one-day game, with dots indicating the overs in which wickets fell. The name is alternatively applied to a bar graph ...

skyline

Sports; Cricket

Alternative name for Manhattan.

one-day cricket

Sports; Cricket

An abbreviated form of the game, with just one innings per team, usually with a limited number of overs and played over one day.

protected area

Sports; Cricket

An area of the pitch defined as two feet wide down the middle of the pitch and beginning five feet from each popping crease. A bowler is not allowed to trespass this area in his or her follow-through ...

no man's land

Sports; Cricket

An area of the pitch with no fielders near it. Normally used when a batsman mistimes a shot and is lucky that the ball does not land in a position where it can be caught.

strike bowler

Sports; Cricket

An attacking bowler whose role is to take wickets rather than to restrict scoring. Usually a fast bowler or attacking spinner who bowls in short spells to attacking field settings.