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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Tail

Sports; Cricket

Common colloquialism for the lower order of a batting line-up.

On a length

Sports; Cricket

Describing a delivery bowled on a good length.

Gouging

Sports; Cricket

Causing intentional damage to the pitch or ball.

The tail

Sports; Cricket

The batsmen who bat at between roughly number 8 and 11 in the batting order and who may have some skill at batting, but are generally either specialist bowlers or wicket-keepers with limited batting ...

Death overs

Sports; Cricket

The final ten overs in a one-day match, in which a batting side with wickets in hand can bat aggressively, and in which bowlers are, usually, hit for lots of runs. Bowlers who bowl during the death ...