CRICKET

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on a field at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. Each team takes it in turn to bat, attempting to score runs, while the other team fields. Each turn is known as an innings.

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cricket

Noun

  1. An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family , that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
  2. A wooden footstool.
  3. A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions
  4. A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.
  5. Absolute silence; no communication. See crickets.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
  2. An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
    ''That player's foul wasn't cricket!

Verb

  1. To play the game of cricket.


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