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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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Paddle sweep
Sports; Cricket
A very fine sweep, almost just a tickle of the delivery pitched on or outside leg stump.
Line and length bowling
Sports; Cricket
Bowling so that a delivery pitches on a good length and just outside off stump. This forces the batsman to play a shot as the ball may hit the stumps.
Match fixing
Sports; Cricket
Bribing players of one of the teams to deliberately play poorly, with the intention of cashing in on bets on the result of the game.
Through the gate
Sports; Cricket
Bowled through the gate: dismissed with a ball that passes between the bat and the pads before hitting the wicket.
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