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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Opener

Sports; Cricket

1. A batsman skilled at batting at the beginning of an innings, when the ball is new. 2. One of the bowlers who open the innings, usually the fastest bowlers in the side.

Dibbly dobbly

Sports; Cricket

1. A bowler of limited skill. 2. A delivery that is easy to hit.

Seam

Sports; Cricket

A ball that deviates off the pitch because it has bounced on its seam.

Hawk-eye

Sports; Cricket

A computer-generated graphic which tracks the trajectory of a delivery between the bowler and batsman, and shows the probable trajectory of the ball if it were not hindered by the batsman. Used in an ...

Eagle-eye

Sports; Cricket

Slash

Sports; Cricket

A cut, but played aggressively or possibly recklessly – a cut (q.v.) being a shot played square on the off side to a short-pitched delivery wide of off stump. So called because the batsman makes a ...

Mongoose bat

Sports; Cricket

A cricket bat specifically designed for Twenty20 cricket. The design is unusual in that the blade is 33% shorter than a conventional bat and the handle is 43% longer.