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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boot hill

Sports; Cricket

Another term for short leg, the least liked and most dangerous of the fielding positions.

track

Sports; Cricket

Another term for the pitch.

spectacles

Sports; Cricket

Another word for a pair. From the appearance of two ducks on the scorecard as 0-0.

tour match

Sports; Cricket

Any match on a tour which does not have full international status; most typically matches played as a warm-up between the travelling international team and a local club or composite team.