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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test series

Sports; Cricket

This is a number of Test Matches played between two countries. Usually the best 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 5.

third man

Sports; Cricket

This is a fielding position on the boundary, behind the wicket on the Off Side.

third official

Sports; Cricket

This is similar to instant replay review in American Football. There is an official who sits in a designated area and if there is a close play and a dispute on the field regarding whether a batsman ...

all out

Sports; Cricket

The batting team is "All Out" when ten of its eleven batsmen are out. Because you have two batsmen in Cricket, the eleventh batsmen cannot continue without a partner, and therefore, in the scorebook ...

all-rounder

Sports; Cricket

A player who is both a good bowler and a good batsmen.

appeal

Sports; Cricket

The fielding side's appeals to the umpire to call a batsman out. Usually answered with a call of 'not out'. Any member of the fielding team can make an appeal, but if the fielding captain feels a ...

average, batting

Sports; Cricket

The same concept as baseball. The total of a batsmen's runs during a certain time frame, divided by the number of his completed innings, that is, the number of times he was out in that time frame. ...