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.

Industry: Sports

Add a new term

Contributors in Cricket

Become a Contributors

Cricket

Fruit salad

Sports; Cricket

When a bowler delivers a different type of delivery each time, rather than bowling a constant speed, length and angle. Fruit salad bowling is used most commonly in Twenty20 to prevent batsmen from ...

Pad away

Sports; Cricket

Use the pads hit the ball away from the wicket, only possible when there is no danger of LBW (for example, if the ball pitched on the leg side). Using the pad instead of the bat removes the danger of ...

Pad-play

Sports; Cricket

Jock strap

Sports; Cricket

Underwear for male cricketers, designed to securely hold a cricket box in place when batting or wicket keeping.

Barbecue

Sports; Cricket

When a batsmen runs his batting partner out, generally with a poor call,

Agricultural shot

Sports; Cricket

This is a swing across the line of the ball (resembling a scything motion) played without much technique. Often one that results in a chunk of the pitch being dug up by the bat. A type of a slog.