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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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Spider graph
Sports; Cricket
A graphical chart that represents the trajectory of the ball from each scoring stroke, including its direction, distance travelled, and (where the technology allows) elevation and bounces. Each ...
Waggon wheel
Sports; Cricket
A graphical chart which divides a cricket ground into six sectors (looking like the spokes of a waggon style wheel), and shows how many runs a batsman has scored into each area. The term may also be ...
Pinch hitter
Sports; Cricket
A lower order batsman promoted up the batting order to increase the run rate. The term, if not the precise sense, is borrowed from baseball.
Slow left armer
Sports; Cricket
A left-arm, orthodox, finger spin bowler; the left-handed equivalent of an off spinner (see off spin).
Wicket maiden
Sports; Cricket
A maiden over in which the bowler also dismisses a batsman. A double wicket maiden if two wickets are taken, and so on.
Drinks waiter
Sports; Cricket
A jocular term for the twelfth man, referring to his job of bringing out drinks.
