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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cross-bat shot

Sports; Cricket

A shot played with the bat parallel with the ground, such as a cut or a pull. Also known as a horizontal-bat shot.

cutter

Sports; Cricket

A break delivery bowled by a fast or medium-pace bowler with similar action to a spin bowler, but at a faster pace. It is usually used in an effort to surprise the batsman, although some medium-pace ...

dead bat

Sports; Cricket

The bat when held with a light grip such that it gives when the ball strikes it, and the ball loses momentum and falls to the ground.

death overs

Sports; Cricket

The final ten overs in a one-day match, in which a batting side with wickets in hand can bat aggressively, and in which bowlers are, usually, hit for lots of runs. Bowlers who bowl during the death ...

declaration

Sports; Cricket

The act of a captain voluntarily bringing his side's innings to a close, in the belief that their score is now great enough to prevent defeat. Occurs almost exclusively in timed forms of cricket ...

declaration bowling

Sports; Cricket

Deliberately poor bowling (Full tosses and Long hops) from the fielding team to allow the batsman to score runs quickly and encourage the opposing captain to declare.

defensive field

Sports; Cricket

A fielding configuration in which fielders are spread around the field so as to more readily stop hit balls and reduce the number of runs (particularly boundaries) being scored by batsmen, at the ...