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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batsman

Sports; Cricket

A player on the batting side, or a player whose speciality is batting, or one of the two members of the batting side who are currently at the crease.

batter

Sports; Cricket

A player on the batting side, or a player whose speciality is batting, or one of the two members of the batting side who are currently at the crease.

fielder

Sports; Cricket

A player on the fielding side who is neither the bowler nor the wicket-keeper, in particular one who has just fielded the ball.

fieldsman

Sports; Cricket

A player on the fielding side who is neither the bowler nor the wicket-keeper, in particular one who has just fielded the ball.

specialist

Sports; Cricket

A player selected in the team primarily for a single skill, i.e. not an all-rounder or a wicketkeeper-batsman. Such players can be described as specialist batsmen, specialist bowlers or specialist ...

worm

Sports; Cricket

A plot of either the cumulative runs scored, or the progressive run rate achieved by a team (the y-axis) against the over number (x-axis) in limited-overs cricket.

pie chucker

Sports; Cricket

A poor bowler, usually of slow to medium pace whose deliveries are flighted so much as to appear similar to a pie in the air. Considered easy to score off by batsmen – see Buffet Bowling. Famously ...