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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century

Sports; Cricket

An individual score of at least 100 runs, a significant landmark for a batsman. Sometimes used ironically to describe a bowler conceding over 100 runs in an innings.

covers

Sports; Cricket

Area of field protected by cover fieldsman, hence the saying 'through the covers'. There are Short Extra Covers, Extra Cover, and Deep Extra Cover.

crease

Sports; Cricket

Crease is a term that is used in Cricket language. It is one of several lines on the pitch near the stumps most often referring to the popping crease.

cut

Sports; Cricket

The bat will be close to horizontal and this stroke will hit the ball somewhere in-between the cover and gully.

cutter

Sports; Cricket

This is a ball that is bowled so that it will either bounce away from or toward a batter.

dead ball

Sports; Cricket

When the ball is not in play, it is said to be 'dead'. The ball comes into play when the bowler starts his run-up, and becomes automatically dead when: a) A boundary is scored; b) The ball lodges in ...