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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leg 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. The ball breaks from the leg side to the off side of the batsman.

cameo

Sports; Cricket

A brief but quick-scoring innings. For example, "He played a little cameo of an innings".

caught behind

Sports; Cricket

A catch by the wicket-keeper.

gully

Sports; Cricket

A close fielder near the slip fielders, at an angle to a line between the two sets of stumps of about 100 to 140 degrees.

forward defence

Sports; Cricket

A commonly-employed defensive shot.

hawk-eye

Sports; Cricket

A computer-generated graphic which tracks the trajectory of a delivery between the bowler and batsman, and shows the probable trajectory of the ball if it were not hindered by the batsman. Used in an ...