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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Bunsen

Sports; Cricket

A pitch on which spin bowlers can turn the ball prodigiously. From the rhyming slang: 'Bunsen Burner' meaning 'Turner'.

Nets

Sports; Cricket

A pitch surrounded on three sides by netting, used by for practise by batsman and bowler.

Groundsman

Sports; Cricket

A person responsible for maintaining the cricket field and preparing the pitch.

Session

Sports; Cricket

A period of play, from start to lunch, lunch to tea and tea until stumps.

Curator

Sports; Cricket

A person responsible for maintaining the cricket field and preparing the pitch.

Cricketer

Sports; Cricket

A person who plays cricket.

Umpire decision review system (UDRS)

Sports; Cricket

A system which allows the fielding captain or the batsmen to request the third umpire to review the standing umpires' previous decision using technological aids, in the hope of having a dismissal ...