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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zooter

Sports; Cricket

A spin bowling variation, first devised by Shane Warne. This is a delivery that snakes out of the hand with little or no spin imparted, and so deceives through its very ordinariness. Some question ...

The Ashes

Sports; Cricket

Series between England and Australia are played for The Ashes. It is either held in England or Australia, usually consist of 5 or 7 test matches.

asking rate

Sports; Cricket

The runs required per over for a team to win - mostly relevant in a one-dayer. Also it is called as run-rate.

ball tampering

Sports; Cricket

The illegal action of changing the condition of the ball by artificial means, usually scuffing the surface, picking or lifting the seam of the ball, or applying substances other than sweat or saliva.

bat-pad

Sports; Cricket

A fielding position close to the batsman designed to catch balls which pop up off the bat, often via the batsman's pads.

bodyline

Sports; Cricket

A tactic most infamously used by England in 1932-33, although one which had been around for some time before that, in which the bowler aimed at the batsman rather than the wicket with the aim of ...