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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bowled

Sports; Cricket

A batsmen is out, or bowled, if the ball, either straight from the bowler's hand or by way of the batsmen's bat or body, hits the batsmen wicket and dislodges at least one of the bails.

bowler

Sports; Cricket

A player who bowls, is known as a bowler. Bowling is the art of propelling the ball with a straight arm towards the batsmen's wicket. The ball is not thrown and if the bowler straightens his elbow ...

bowling crease

Sports; Cricket

One of the two transverse lines at either end of the pitch, on which the wickets are set. The other line is the Popping Crease, which is 4 feet in front of the bowling crease.

byes

Sports; Cricket

A bye results if a fair ball (not a no ball or a wide) has been delivered and it misses the striker completely and runs are able to score. An umpire, by raising one arm over his head with his palm ...

calling

Sports; Cricket

This is the way in which a Batsman's indicates to his partner whether or not he is going to be running. The way this works is if the ball goes in front of the wicket, the striker, batter, call's if ...

captain

Sports; Cricket

The Captain is the leader of a cricket team on the field, and is held responsible by the laws, or rules of Cricket, for his team's conduct. At international level, the captain's is also responsible ...