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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batting

Sports; Cricket

The act and skill of defending one's wicket and scoring runs.

bowling

Sports; Cricket

The act of delivering the cricket ball to the batsman.

shot

Sports; Cricket

The act of the batsman hitting the ball with his bat.

run chase

Sports; Cricket

The act/task of the team batting second (in a limited-overs match) or batting fourth (in an unlimited overs match), trying to win a match by batting and surpassing the runs accumulated by the ...

underarm

Sports; Cricket

The action of bowling with the arm swinging from behind the body in a downswing arc and then releasing the ball on the up swing without bending the elbow. This type of bowling is now illegal in ...

overarm

Sports; Cricket

The action of bowling with the arm swinging from behind the body over the head, releasing the ball on the down swing without bending the elbow. This type of bowling is the only type normally allowed ...

leave

Sports; Cricket

The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball. He may do this by holding the bat above his body. However, there is a clause in the LBW rules making him more susceptible to getting out ...