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.

Industry: Sports

Add a new term

Contributors in Cricket

Become a Contributors

Cricket

draw

Sports; Cricket

A match that is not played under limited-overs rules, ends in a draw if both sides have not completed the agreed number of innings when the allotted time expires. This does happen and can be exciting ...

non-striker

Sports; Cricket

The second batsmen who is not being bowled to.

not out

Sports; Cricket

This is an entry into the scorebook against a batsmen who was not out at the end of his team's innings, either because of a declaration, or because all ten of his teammates are out. The umpire has no ...