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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Around the wicket or round the wicket

Sports; Cricket

A right-handed bowler passing to the right of the stumps during his bowling action, and vice-versa for left-handed bowlers.

Silly nanny

Sports; Cricket

A rough streak of poor bowls, usually resulting in substitution or a chorus of dismay from the crowd.

Over the wicket

Sports; Cricket

A right-handed bowler bowling to the left of the stumps, and vice-versa for a left-handed bowler.

Forty-five on the one

Sports; Cricket

An uncommon fielding position akin to a short third-man, roughly halfway between the pitch and the boundary. Also used for a short backward square leg (at 45° behind square defending a single).

Tour match

Sports; Cricket

Any match on a tour which does not have full international status; most typically matches played as a warm-up between the travelling international team and a local club or composite team.