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1. 334 relations: Abingdon-on-Thames, All-rounder, Amateur, Amateur status in first-class cricket, Appeal (cricket), Archaism, Arm ball, Association football, Audi, Australia national cricket team, Backyard cricket, Baggy green, Bail (cricket), Ball tampering, Bar chart, Baseball field, Batting (cricket), Batting average (cricket), Batting glove, Batting order (cricket), BBC News, Beamer (cricket), Benefit season, Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer), Betting controversies in cricket, Bodyline, Boot Hill, Bouncer (cricket), Boundary (cricket), Bowl-out, Bowled, Bowling (cricket), Bowling action, Bowling analysis, Bowling average, Buffet, Bunsen burner, Bye (cricket), Cafeteria, Cap (sport), Captain (cricket), Caribbean, Carrom ball, Carry the bat, Cartwheel (gymnastics), Caught, Century (cricket), Chambers (publisher), Chambers Dictionary, Cheering, ... Expand index (284 more) »

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Abingdon-on-Thames

Abingdon-on-Thames, commonly known as Abingdon, is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Thames in the Vale of the White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England.

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All-rounder

An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Glossary of cricket terms and all-rounder are cricket terminology.

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Amateur

An amateur is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income.

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Amateur status in first-class cricket

Amateur status had a special meaning in English cricket.

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Appeal (cricket)

In cricket, an appeal (locally known as a "Howzat") is the act of a player (or players) on the fielding team asking an umpire for a decision regarding whether a batter is out or not. Glossary of cricket terms and appeal (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Archaism

In language, an archaism is a word, a sense of a word, or a style of speech or writing that belongs to a historical epoch beyond living memory, but that has survived in a few practical settings or affairs.

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Arm ball

An arm ball is a type of delivery in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and arm ball are cricket terminology.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Audi

Audi AG is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.

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Australia national cricket team

The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket.

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Backyard cricket

Backyard cricket, also known as bat ball, street cricket, beach cricket, corridor cricket, garden cricket, gully cricket (on the Indian subcontinent) and box cricket (in instances of shorter grounds), is an informal variant of cricket.

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Baggy green

The baggy green is a cricket cap of dark myrtle green colour, which has been worn by Australian Test cricketers since around the turn of the 20th century.

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Bail (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a bail is one of the two smaller sticks placed on top of the three stumps to form a wicket. Glossary of cricket terms and bail (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Ball tampering

In the sport of cricket, ball tampering is an action in which a fielder illegally alters the condition of the ball.

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Bar chart

A bar chart or bar graph is a chart or graph that presents categorical data with rectangular bars with heights or lengths proportional to the values that they represent.

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Baseball field

A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played.

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Batting (cricket)

In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the ball with a bat to score runs and prevent the loss of one's wicket. Glossary of cricket terms and batting (cricket) are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Batting average (cricket)

In cricket, a players' batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been out, usually given to two decimal places. Glossary of cricket terms and batting average (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Batting glove

Batting gloves are a component in bat-and-ball games sportswear.

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Batting order (cricket)

In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batters play through their team's innings, there always being two batters taking part at any one time. Glossary of cricket terms and batting order (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Beamer (cricket)

In cricket, a beamer (less commonly beam ball) is a type of delivery in which the ball, without bouncing, passes above the batsman's waist height. Glossary of cricket terms and beamer (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Benefit season

A benefit season is a method of financially rewarding professional cricketers that is used by English county cricket teams to compensate long serving players.

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Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer)

Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet (13 October 1877 – 12 October 1936) was an English cricketer best known for inventing the googly, a delivery designed to deceive the batsman.

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Betting controversies in cricket

Cricket has had a number of controversies relating to players being involved with the betting aspects of the game.

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Bodyline

Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia.

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Boot Hill

Boot Hill, or Boothill, is the given name of many cemeteries, chiefly in the Western United States.

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Bouncer (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a bouncer (or bumper) is a type of short-pitched delivery, usually bowled by a fast bowler, which bounces once and then reaches the batter at head-height. Glossary of cricket terms and bouncer (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Boundary (cricket)

In cricket, the boundary is the perimeter of a playing field. Glossary of cricket terms and boundary (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Bowl-out

A bowl-out (sometimes termed a bowl-off) was used as a tiebreaker in various forms of limited overs cricket to decide a match that would otherwise end in a tie. Glossary of cricket terms and bowl-out are cricket terminology.

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Bowled

In cricket, the term bowled has several meanings. Glossary of cricket terms and bowled are cricket terminology.

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Bowling (cricket)

Bowling, in cricket, is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batter. Glossary of cricket terms and Bowling (cricket) are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Bowling action

In the sport of cricket, the bowling action is the set of movements that result in the bowler releasing the ball in the direction of the batsman. Glossary of cricket terms and bowling action are cricket terminology.

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Bowling analysis

In cricket, a bowling analysis (sometimes shortened to just analysis, especially in the phrase innings analysis, and also referred to as bowling figures) usually refers to a notation summarising a bowler's performance in terms of overs bowled, how many of those overs are maidens (i.e. with no runs conceded), total runs conceded and number of wickets taken. Glossary of cricket terms and bowling analysis are cricket terminology.

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Bowling average

In cricket, a player's bowling average is the number of runs they have conceded per wicket taken. Glossary of cricket terms and bowling average are cricket terminology.

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Buffet

A buffet can be either a sideboard (a flat-topped piece of furniture with cupboards and drawers, used for storing crockery, glasses, and table linen) or a system of serving meals in which food is placed in a public area where the diners serve themselves.

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Bunsen burner

A Bunsen burner, named after Robert Bunsen, is a kind of ambient air gas burner used as laboratory equipment; it produces a single open gas flame, and is used for heating, sterilization, and combustion.

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Bye (cricket)

In cricket, a bye is a type of extra. Glossary of cricket terms and bye (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Cafeteria

A cafeteria, sometimes called a canteen outside the U.S. and Canada, is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether in a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or lunchroom (in American English).

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Cap (sport)

In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level.

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Captain (cricket)

The captain of a cricket team, often referred to as the skipper, is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of the other players. Glossary of cricket terms and captain (cricket) are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.

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Carrom ball

The carrom ball is a style of spin bowling delivery used in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and carrom ball are cricket terminology.

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Carry the bat

In cricket, the term carry the bat (or carry one's bat) refers to an opening batsman (no. 1 and 2) who is not dismissed ("not out") when the team innings is closed. Glossary of cricket terms and carry the bat are cricket terminology.

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Cartwheel (gymnastics)

A cartwheel is a sideways rotary movement of the body.

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Caught

Caught is a method of dismissing a batsman in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Caught are cricket terminology.

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Century (cricket)

In cricket, a century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings by a batter. Glossary of cricket terms and century (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Chambers (publisher)

Chambers is a reference publisher formerly based in Edinburgh, Scotland, which held the property rights of Chambers Publishers.

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Chambers Dictionary

The Chambers Dictionary (TCD) was first published by William and Robert Chambers as Chambers's English Dictionary in 1872.

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Cheering

Cheering involves the uttering or making of sounds and may be used to encourage, excite to action, indicate approval or welcome.

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Clarrie Grimmett

Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett (25 December 1891 – 2 May 1980) was a New Zealand-born Australian cricketer.

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Club cricket

Club cricket is a mainly amateur, but still formal form of the sport of cricket, usually involving teams playing in competitions at weekends or in the evening.

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Collins English Dictionary

The Collins English Dictionary is a printed and online dictionary of English.

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Color code

A color code is a system for encoding and representing non-color information with colors to facilitate communication.

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Computer vision

Computer vision tasks include methods for acquiring, processing, analyzing and understanding digital images, and extraction of high-dimensional data from the real world in order to produce numerical or symbolic information, e.g. in the forms of decisions.

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Corridor of uncertainty

In the sport of cricket, the corridor of uncertainty is an area where a cricket ball can pitch during a delivery: a narrow line on and just outside a batsman's off stump. Glossary of cricket terms and corridor of uncertainty are cricket terminology.

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County cricket

Inter-county cricket matches have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales.

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Cover (cricket)

Cover, alternatively the covers, is a region of the field with respect to the batter in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and cover (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Cover drive (cricket)

The cover drive in cricket is the act of stroking the ball through the covers with well-timed wristwork and conventional movement of the front foot toward the pitch of a delivery aimed at or outside the off stump. Glossary of cricket terms and cover drive (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Cow corner

Cow corner is a region of the field in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and cow corner are cricket terminology.

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Crease (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, the crease is a certain area demarcated by white lines painted or chalked on the field of play, and pursuant to the rules of cricket they help determine legal play in different ways for the fielding and batting side. Glossary of cricket terms and crease (cricket) are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Cricket ball

A cricket ball is a hard, solid ball used to play cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and cricket ball are cricket.

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Cricket bat

A cricket bat is a specialised piece of equipment used by batters in the sport of cricket to hit the ball, typically consisting of a cane handle attached to a flat-fronted willow-wood blade. Glossary of cricket terms and cricket bat are cricket.

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Cricket cap

A cricket cap is a type of soft cap, often made from felt, that is a traditional form of headwear for players of the game of cricket, regardless of age or sex.

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Cricket clothing and equipment

Cricket clothing and equipment is regulated by the laws of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and cricket clothing and equipment are cricket.

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Cricket field

A cricket field or cricket oval is a large grass field on which the game of cricket is played. Glossary of cricket terms and cricket field are cricket.

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Cricket helmet

Helmets in cricket were developed in the 20th century.

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Cricket pavilion

A cricket pavilion is a pavilion at a cricket ground. Glossary of cricket terms and cricket pavilion are cricket terminology.

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Cricket pitch

In the game of cricket, the cricket pitch consists of the central strip of the cricket field between the wickets. Glossary of cricket terms and cricket pitch are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Cricket season

Top-class cricket is almost always played outdoors, on uncovered pitches, and rain prevents play, so the seasons in each country are geared to coincide with the driest months of the year. Glossary of cricket terms and cricket season are cricket terminology.

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Cricket statistics

Cricket is a sport that generates a variety of statistics. Glossary of cricket terms and Cricket statistics are cricket.

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Cricket whites

Cricket whites, also known as flannels, the kit, costume or uniform worn by most cricketers, and usually consists of trousers, shirt and a jumper.

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Day/night cricket

Day/night cricket, also known as floodlit cricket, is a cricket match that is played either totally or partially under floodlights in the evening. Glossary of cricket terms and Day/night cricket are cricket terminology.

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Dead ball

Dead ball is a term in many ball sports in which the ball is deemed temporarily not playable, and no movement may be made with it.

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Dead rubber

Dead rubber is a term used in sporting parlance to describe a match in a series where the series result has already been decided by earlier matches. Glossary of cricket terms and Dead rubber are cricket terminology.

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Debenture (sport)

In sport, a debenture is defined as a certificate of agreement of loans which is given under the company's stamp and carries an undertaking that the debenture holder will get a fixed return (fixed on the basis of interest rates) and the principal amount whenever the debenture matures. Glossary of cricket terms and debenture (sport) are cricket terminology.

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Decision Review System

The Decision Review System (DRS), formerly known as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), is a technology-based system used in cricket to assist the match officials in their decision-making.

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Declaration and forfeiture

In the sport of cricket, a declaration occurs when a captain declares their team's innings closed and a forfeiture occurs when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings without batting.

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Delivery (cricket)

A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball toward the batter. Glossary of cricket terms and delivery (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Die with your boots on

To "Die with your boots on" is an idiom referring to dying while fighting or to die while actively occupied/employed/working or in the middle of some action.

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Dismissal (cricket)

In cricket, a dismissal occurs when a batter's innings is brought to an end by the opposing team. Glossary of cricket terms and dismissal (cricket) are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Doosra

A doosra is a particular type of delivery by an off-spin bowler in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and doosra are cricket terminology.

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Dorothy Dix

Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (November 18, 1861 – December 16, 1951), widely known by the pen name Dorothy Dix, was an American journalist and columnist.

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Double (cricket)

A cricketer is said to achieve the double if he scores a thousand or more runs and also takes a hundred or more wickets in first-class matches during the course of a single season. Glossary of cricket terms and double (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Duck (cricket)

In cricket, a duck is a batsman's dismissal with a score of zero. Glossary of cricket terms and duck (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method

The Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method (DLS) is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score (number of runs needed to win) for the team batting second in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances. Glossary of cricket terms and Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method are cricket terminology.

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Economy rate

In cricket, a bowler's economy rate is the average number of runs they have conceded per over bowled. Glossary of cricket terms and economy rate are cricket terminology.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Electrical tape

Electrical tape (or insulating tape) is a type of pressure-sensitive tape used to insulate electrical wires and other materials that conduct electricity.

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Ellis Achong

Ellis Edgar Achong (16 February 1904 – 29 August 1986) was a sportsman from Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies.

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End of an innings

In cricket, a team's innings ends in one of the following ways. Glossary of cricket terms and end of an innings are cricket terminology.

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England and Wales Cricket Board

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the national governing body of cricket in England and Wales.

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England cricket team

The England men's cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket.

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English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33

A cricket team representing England toured Australia in the 1932–33 season.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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ESPNcricinfo

ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket.

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Exhibition game

An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a pre-season game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or the team's rankings is either zero or otherwise greatly reduced.

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Expense

An expense is an item requiring an outflow of money, or any form of fortune in general, to another person or group as payment for an item, service, or other category of costs.

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In cricket, an extra (sometimes called a sundry) is a run scored by, or awarded to, a batting team which is not credited to any individual batter. Glossary of cricket terms and extra (cricket) are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Fast bowling

Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is one of two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling. Glossary of cricket terms and Fast bowling are cricket terminology.

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Fielding (cricket)

Fielding in the sport of cricket is the action of fielders in collecting the ball after it is struck by the striking batter, to limit the number of runs that the striker scores and/or to get a batter out by either catching a hit ball before it bounces, or by running out either batter before they can complete their current run. Glossary of cricket terms and Fielding (cricket) are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Finger spin

Finger spin (also known as off spin) is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Finger spin are cricket terminology.

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First XI

The First XI (or, less commonly, First 11) are the eleven primary players in an organisation's leading team, particularly a football or cricket team. Glossary of cricket terms and First XI are cricket terminology.

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First-class cricket

First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and First-class cricket are cricket terminology.

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Five-wicket haul

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. Glossary of cricket terms and five-wicket haul are cricket terminology.

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Flight (cricket)

In cricket, the flight of the ball is its trajectory through the air between being released by the bowler and bouncing on the pitch. Glossary of cricket terms and flight (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Flipper (cricket)

The flipper is a particular bowling delivery used in cricket, generally by a leg spin bowler. Glossary of cricket terms and flipper (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Floodlight

A floodlight is a broad-beamed, high-intensity artificial light.

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Follow-on

In cricket, a team who batted second and scored significantly fewer runs than the team who batted first may be forced to follow-on: to take their second innings immediately after their first. Glossary of cricket terms and follow-on are cricket terminology.

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Footwork in the sport of cricket refers to the technique a batsman employs as he or she faces a delivery from the opposing bowler. Glossary of cricket terms and Footwork (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Forward defence (cricket)

The forward defence is one of the most commonly used shots in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and forward defence (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Free hit

In cricket, a free hit is a delivery to a batter in which the batter cannot be dismissed by any methods other than those applicable for a no-ball, namely run out, hit the ball twice and obstructing the field. Glossary of cricket terms and free hit are cricket terminology.

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French cricket

French cricket is a form of cricket that creates a game similar to catch.

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Full toss

A full toss is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and full toss are cricket terminology.

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Gambling

Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted.

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Gender neutrality

Gender neutrality (adjective form: gender-neutral), also known as gender-neutralism or the gender neutrality movement, is the idea that policies, language, and other social institutions (social structures or gender roles) should avoid distinguishing roles according to people's sex or gender.

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Generic trademark

A generic trademark, also known as a genericized trademark or proprietary eponym, is a trademark or brand name that, because of its popularity or significance, has become the generic term for, or synonymous with, a general class of products or services, usually against the intentions of the trademark's owner.

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Gentlemen v Players

Gentlemen v Players was a long-running series of cricket matches that began in July 1806 and was abolished in January 1963.

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Geoffrey Boycott

Sir Geoffrey Boycott (born 21 October 1940) is a former Test cricketer, who played cricket for Yorkshire and England.

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Glossary

A glossary (from γλῶσσα, glossa; language, speech, wording), also known as a vocabulary or clavis, is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms.

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Googly

In the game of cricket, a googly refers to a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. Glossary of cricket terms and googly are cricket terminology.

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Gordon Rorke

Gordon Frederick Rorke (born 27 June 1938) is a former Australian cricketer who played in four Test matches in 1959.

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Grade cricket

Grade cricket (also known as premier cricket) is the name of the senior inter-club or district cricket competitions in each of the Australian states and territories.

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Ground (cricket)

In cricket, a ground is a location where cricket matches are played, comprising a cricket field, cricket pavilion and any associated buildings and amenities. Glossary of cricket terms and ground (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Handicapping

Handicapping, in sport and games, is the practice of assigning advantage through scoring compensation or other advantage given to different contestants to equalize the chances of winning.

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Handled the ball

Handled the ball was formerly one of the methods of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket, but was integrated into the Law on obstructing the field when the Laws of Cricket were rewritten in 2017. Glossary of cricket terms and Handled the ball are cricket terminology.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.

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Hat brim

A hat brim is that part of a hat that extends outwards and to the side of the head, protruding from the base of the crown.

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Hat-trick (cricket)

In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets from three consecutive deliveries. Glossary of cricket terms and hat-trick (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Hawk-Eye

Hawk-Eye is a computer vision system used in numerous sports such as cricket, tennis, Gaelic football, badminton, hurling, rugby union, association football and volleyball, to visually track the trajectory of the ball and display a profile of its statistically most likely path as a moving image. Glossary of cricket terms and Hawk-Eye are cricket terminology.

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Headingley Cricket Ground

Headingley Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in the Headingley Stadium complex in Headingley, Leeds, England.

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Helicopter shot

In cricket, the helicopter shot is the act of hitting the ball by means of a wristy flick, using the bottom-hand as the dominant force. Glossary of cricket terms and helicopter shot are cricket terminology.

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Hindi

Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.

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Hindustani language

Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in North India, Pakistan and the Deccan and used as the official language of India and Pakistan. Hindustani is a pluricentric language with two standard registers, known as Hindi (written in Devanagari script and influenced by Sanskrit) and Urdu (written in Perso-Arabic script and influenced by Persian and Arabic).

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Hit the ball twice

Hit the ball twice, or "double-hit", is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Hit the ball twice are cricket terminology.

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Hit wicket

Hit wicket is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Hit wicket are cricket terminology.

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Hot Spot (cricket)

Hot Spot is an infrared imaging system used in cricket to determine whether the ball has struck the batsman, bat or pad. Glossary of cricket terms and Hot Spot (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Ian Botham

Ian Terence Botham, Baron Botham, (born 24 November 1955) is an English cricket commentator, member of the House of Lords, a former cricketer who has been chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since 2017 and charity fundraiser.

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Idiom

An idiom is a phrase or expression that usually presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase.

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Imran Khan

Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (عمران احمد خان نیازی,; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer who served as the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022.

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Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.

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Innings

An innings is one of the divisions of a cricket match during which one team takes its turn to bat. Glossary of cricket terms and innings are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Inside edge (cricket)

The inside edge in the sport of cricket, variously also referred to as the French cut, the Chinese cut, the Surrey cut, or the Harrow drive, is a shot played by the batsman that touches or clips the edge of the bat pointing toward the leg side of the field. Glossary of cricket terms and inside edge (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Inswinger

An inswinger is a type of delivery of the ball in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and inswinger are cricket terminology.

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International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global governing body of cricket.

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Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley

Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley (13 March 1859 – 10 April 1927), styled The Honourable Ivo Bligh until 1900, lord of the manor of Cobham, Kent, was a British nobleman, parliamentarian and cricketer.

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Jack (playing card)

A Jack or Knave, in some games referred to as a Bower, in Tarot card games as a Valet, is a playing card which, in traditional French and English decks, pictures a man in the traditional or historic aristocratic or courtier dress, generally associated with Europe of the 16th or 17th century.

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James Taylor (cricketer, born 1990)

James William Arthur Taylor (born 6 January 1990) is an English former cricketer and cricket selector who played for Nottinghamshire and England.

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Jayadevan's system

The V Jayadevan system, also known as the VJD method, is a proposed method for calculating target scores in interrupted one-day and Twenty20 cricket matches.

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Jockstrap

A jockstrap, also a jock (male), jill (female), strap, cup, groin guard, pelvic protector (female), supporter, or athletic supporter, is an undergarment for protecting the scrotum and penis or vulva during contact sports or other vigorous physical activity.

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Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Peter Pietersen (born 27 June 1980) is a former England international cricketer.

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Knuckle ball (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a knuckle ball (or knuckleball) is a type of delivery employed by a fast bowler, and a type of slower ball. Glossary of cricket terms and knuckle ball (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Knuckleball

A knuckleball or knuckler is a baseball pitch thrown to minimize the spin of the ball in flight, causing an erratic, unpredictable motion.

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Kolpak ruling

The Kolpak ruling is a European Court of Justice ruling handed down on 8 May 2003 in favour of Maroš Kolpak, a Slovak handball player.

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Kwik cricket

Kwik cricket (known as Kanga cricket in Australia, and Kiwi cricket in New Zealand) is a high-speed version of cricket aimed mainly at encouraging children to take part in the sport, with an emphasis on participation and enjoyment. Glossary of cricket terms and Kwik cricket are cricket terminology.

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Lacquer

Lacquer is a type of hard and usually shiny coating or finish applied to materials such as wood or metal.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Laws of Cricket

The Laws of Cricket is a code that specifies the rules of the game of cricket worldwide. Glossary of cricket terms and Laws of Cricket are cricket.

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Left-arm orthodox spin

Left-arm orthodox spin or left-arm off spin, also known as slow left-arm orthodox spin bowling, is a type of left-arm finger spin bowling in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and left-arm orthodox spin are cricket terminology.

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Left-arm unorthodox spin

Left-arm unorthodox spin, also known as slow left-arm wrist spin, is a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and left-arm unorthodox spin are cricket terminology.

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Leg before wicket

Leg before wicket (lbw) is one of the ways in which a batter can be dismissed in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Leg before wicket are cricket terminology.

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Leg bye

In cricket, a "leg bye" is a type of extra, a run scored by the batting team without the batsman hitting the ball. Glossary of cricket terms and Leg bye are cricket terminology.

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Leg cutter

A leg cutter is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and leg cutter are cricket terminology.

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Leg side

The leg side, or on side, is defined to be a particular half of the field used to play the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and leg side are cricket terminology.

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Leg spin

Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Leg spin are cricket terminology.

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Leg theory

Leg theory is a bowling tactic in the sport of cricket.

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Limited overs cricket

Limited overs cricket, also known as white ball cricket, is a version of the sport of cricket in which a match is generally completed in one day.

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Line and length

Line and length in cricket refers to the direction and point of bouncing on the pitch of a delivery.

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List A cricket

List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. Glossary of cricket terms and List A cricket are cricket terminology.

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Long hop

A long hop is a type of inadvertent delivery in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and long hop are cricket terminology.

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Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London.

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Lord's Pavilion

The Lord's Pavilion is a cricket pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England.

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Lost ball

The Laws of cricket determine how a lost ball is dealt with. Glossary of cricket terms and lost ball are cricket terminology.

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Lunch

Lunch is a meal eaten around the middle of the day.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London.

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Match fixing

In organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, or more generally sports fixing) is the act of playing or officiating a contest with the intention of achieving a predetermined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law.

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Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries.

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.

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Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is an American actress.

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MSN

MSN (meaning Microsoft Network) is an American web portal and related collection of Internet services and apps for Windows and mobile devices, provided by Microsoft and launched on August 24, 1995, alongside the release of Windows 95.

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Nat Sciver-Brunt

Natalie Ruth Sciver-Brunt (born 20 August 1992) is an English cricketer who represents England in all formats.

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Nelson (cricket)

Nelson is a piece of cricket slang terminology and superstition. Glossary of cricket terms and Nelson (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Nervous nineties

The nervous nineties is a commonly used term in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and nervous nineties are cricket terminology.

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Net run rate

Net run rate (NRR) is a statistical method used in analysing teamwork and/or performance in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Net run rate are cricket terminology.

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Neurocranium

In human anatomy, the neurocranium, also known as the braincase, brainpan, or brain-pan, is the upper and back part of the skull, which forms a protective case around the brain.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Nightwatchman (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a nightwatchman is a lower-order batter who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play. Glossary of cricket terms and nightwatchman (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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No-ball

In cricket, a no-ball is a type of illegal delivery to a batter (the other type being a wide).

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Not out

In cricket, a batsman is not out if they come out to bat in an innings and have not been dismissed by the end of an innings. Glossary of cricket terms and not out are cricket terminology.

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Observational error

Observational error (or measurement error) is the difference between a measured value of a quantity and its unknown true value.

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Obstructing the field

Obstructing the field is one of the ten methods of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Obstructing the field are cricket terminology.

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Odds

In probability theory, odds provide a measure of the probability of a particular outcome.

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Off cutter

An off cutter is a type of delivery in the game of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and off cutter are cricket terminology.

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Off side

The off side is a particular half of the field in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and off side are cricket terminology.

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Off spin

Off spin is a type of finger spin bowling in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and off spin are cricket terminology.

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Off theory

Off theory is a bowling tactic in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and off theory are cricket terminology.

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One Day International

A One Day International (ODI) is a form of 50 overs limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 7 hours.

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Oscilloscope

An oscilloscope (informally scope or O-scope) is a type of electronic test instrument that graphically displays varying voltages of one or more signals as a function of time.

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Outswinger

An outswinger is a type of delivery of the ball in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and outswinger are cricket terminology.

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Oval

An oval is a closed curve in a plane which resembles the outline of an egg.

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Over (cricket)

In cricket, an over consists of six legal deliveries bowled from one end of a cricket pitch to the player batting at the other end, almost always by a single bowler. Glossary of cricket terms and over (cricket) are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Over rate

An over rate is the average number of overs bowled per hour by the bowling team in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and over rate are cricket terminology.

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Overarm bowling

In cricket, overarm bowling refers to a delivery in which the bowler's hand is above shoulder height. Glossary of cricket terms and overarm bowling are cricket terminology.

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Overthrow (cricket)

In cricket, an overthrow (sometimes called a buzzer) is an additional run scored by a batter as a result of the ball not being collected by a fielder in the centre, having been thrown in from the outfield. Glossary of cricket terms and overthrow (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Oxbridge

Oxbridge is a portmanteau of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest, wealthiest, and most famous universities in the United Kingdom.

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Paddle scoop

A paddle scoop or Marillier shot is a modern cricketing shot. Glossary of cricket terms and paddle scoop are cricket terminology.

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Pads

Pads (also called leg guards) are a type of protective equipment used in a number of sports and serve to protect the legs from the impact of a hard ball, puck, or other object of play travelling at high speed which could otherwise cause injuries to the lower legs.

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Pairs in Test and first-class cricket

A pair in cricket refers to when a batsman is dismissed for a duck (without scoring) in both innings. Glossary of cricket terms and pairs in Test and first-class cricket are cricket-related lists.

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Partnership (cricket)

A partnership is a term used in cricket, that usually refers to the two batters and the runs they score together, including extras. Glossary of cricket terms and partnership (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Pejorative

A pejorative word, phrase, slur, or derogatory term is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative or disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or something.

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Penalty shootout

The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied.

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Pie

A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients.

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Pinch hitter (cricket)

In cricket, pinch hitter or slogger is a term for a batter who is promoted up the batting order in order to score quick runs. Glossary of cricket terms and pinch hitter (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Playing time (cricket)

Games in the sport of cricket are played over a number of hours or days, making it one of the sports with the longest playing time, though sailing, yachting, road cycling, and rallying are sometimes longer. Glossary of cricket terms and playing time (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Polo shirt

A polo shirt, tennis shirt, golf shirt, or chukker shirt is a form of shirt with a collar.

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Powerplay (cricket)

A powerplay is the name for the fielding restrictions in limited overs cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and powerplay (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Private school

A private school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a public school.

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Pro40

The NatWest Pro40 League was a one-day cricket league for first-class cricket counties in England and Wales.

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Professional

A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity.

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Projapoti (cricket)

In cricket, the projapoti is a type of delivery executed typically by medium pace and fast bowlers. Glossary of cricket terms and projapoti (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Quarter seam

The quarter seam is a small join which runs around a cricket ball at 90 degrees to the main seam. Glossary of cricket terms and quarter seam are cricket terminology.

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Required run rate

In cricket, the required run rate (RRR), or asking rate, is the run rate (the average number of runs per over) the batting side must achieve in order to win the present match. Glossary of cricket terms and required run rate are cricket terminology.

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Result (cricket)

The result in a game of cricket may be a "win" for one of the two teams playing, or a "tie". Glossary of cricket terms and result (cricket) are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Retired (cricket)

In cricket, a batter may retire from an innings at any time when the ball is dead; they must then be replaced by a teammate who has not been dismissed. Glossary of cricket terms and retired (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Rhyming slang

Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language.

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Richard Halsall

Richard Grant Halsall (born 1 October 1968) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer.

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Roger Twose

Roger Graham Twose (born 17 April 1968) is an English-born former cricketer, who played 16 Test matches and 87 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in the mid-1990s.

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Roundarm bowling

In cricket, roundarm bowling is a bowling style that was introduced in the first quarter of the 19th century and largely superseded underarm bowling by the 1830s. Glossary of cricket terms and roundarm bowling are cricket terminology.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Run (cricket)

In cricket, a run is the unit of scoring. Glossary of cricket terms and run (cricket) are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Run out

Run out is a method of dismissal in cricket, governed by Law 38 of the laws of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Run out are cricket terminology.

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Run rate

In cricket, the run rate (RR), or runs per over (RPO), is the average number of runs a batting side scores per over. Glossary of cricket terms and run rate are cricket terminology.

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Runner (cricket)

In cricket, a runner is a team member who runs between the wickets for an injured batsman. Glossary of cricket terms and runner (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Running out the clock

In sports strategy, running out the clock (also known as running down the clock, stonewalling, killing the clock, chewing the clock, stalling, time-wasting (or timewasting) or eating clock) is the practice of a winning team allowing the clock to expire through a series of preselected plays, either to preserve a lead or hasten the end of a one-sided contest.

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Runs Per Wicket Ratio

Runs Per Wicket Ratio (RpW ratio, also called the Quotient) is a method of ranking teams in league tables in cricket who are equal on other criteria, including points. Glossary of cricket terms and Runs Per Wicket Ratio are cricket terminology.

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Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team.

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Sarfraz Nawaz

Sarfraz Nawaz Malik (Punjabi, سرفراز نواز ملک) (born 1 December 1948) is a former Pakistani Test cricketer and politician, who was instrumental in Pakistan's first Test series victories over India and England.

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Scorer (cricket)

In cricket, a scorer is someone appointed to record all runs scored, all wickets taken and, where appropriate, the number of overs bowled. Glossary of cricket terms and scorer (cricket) are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Scythe

A scythe is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or harvesting crops.

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Sea captain

A sea captain, ship's captain, captain, master, or shipmaster, is a high-grade licensed mariner who holds ultimate command and responsibility of a merchant vessel.

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Seam bowling

Seam bowling is a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation when the ball bounces. Glossary of cricket terms and seam bowling are cricket terminology.

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Session (cricket)

In cricket, a session is a period of play during which overs are played continuously until a break in play is called. Glossary of cricket terms and session (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Shades of green

Varieties of the color green may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation or intensity) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities.

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Shades of pink

Pink colors are usually light or desaturated shades of reds, roses, and magentas which are created on computer and television screens using the RGB color model and in printing with the CMYK color model.

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Shane Warne

Shane Keith Warne (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian international cricketer whose career ran from 1992 to 2007.

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Short of a length

Short of a length (sometimes referred to as "back of a length" or "short of a good length") is a term used in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Short of a length are cricket terminology.

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Sight screen

In cricket, a sight screen is an apparatus, often comprising wooden or poly-carbonate slats, or cloth sheeting, on a large frame made of wood or another material, that is positioned alongside the cricket field to provide the batsmen a clear view of the bowler's deliveries, such that distractions including spectators do not disturb the batsman.

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Single (cricket)

In cricket, a single is scored when the batsman take one run, either following a successful shot (with the run attributed to the on-strike batsman) or when running for a bye or leg bye (counted as an extra). Glossary of cricket terms and single (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Single wicket cricket

Single wicket cricket is a form of cricket played between two individuals, who take turns to bat and bowl against each other. Glossary of cricket terms and Single wicket cricket are cricket terminology.

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Sledging (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, sledging is the practice of deliberately insulting or verbally intimidating an opposing player.

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Slider (cricket)

In cricket, a slider is a type of delivery bowled by a wrist spin bowler. Glossary of cricket terms and slider (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Slip (cricket)

In cricket, a slip fielder (collectively, a slip cordon or the slips) is placed behind the batsman on the off side of the field. Glossary of cricket terms and slip (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Slip catching cradle

A slip catching cradle is a device used by cricketers to practice taking catches. Glossary of cricket terms and slip catching cradle are cricket terminology.

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Slog

Slog is an unorthodox cricket shot where the batsman attempts to hit the ball as far as possible with the aim to hit a six or at the least a four. Glossary of cricket terms and Slog are cricket terminology.

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Slow motion

Slow motion (commonly abbreviated as slo-mo or slow-mo) is an effect in film-making whereby time appears to be slowed down.

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Slower ball

In the sport of cricket, a slower ball is a slower-than-usual delivery from a fast bowler. Glossary of cricket terms and slower ball are cricket terminology.

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Snickometer

Snickometer, commonly known as Snicko, is a system used in cricket to determine whether the ball edged the bat, for a potential dismissal such as a catch or leg before wicket. Glossary of cricket terms and Snickometer are cricket terminology.

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A social class or social stratum is a grouping of people into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the working class, middle class, and upper class.

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Sod

Sod is the upper layer of turf that is harvested for transplanting.

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Spin bowling

Spin bowling is a bowling technique in cricket, in which the ball is delivered relatively slowly but with the potential to deviate sharply after bouncing. Glossary of cricket terms and Spin bowling are cricket terminology.

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Sportsmanship

Sportsmanship is an aspiration or ethos that a sport or activity will be enjoyed for its own sake, and with proper consideration for fairness, ethics, respect, and a sense of fellowship with one's competitors.

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Spot-fixing

Spot-fixing is illegal activity in a sport in which a specific aspect of a game, unrelated to the final result but upon which a betting market exists, is fixed in an attempt to ensure a certain result in a proposition bet.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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Stadium

A stadium (stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.

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Sticky wicket

A sticky wicket (or sticky dog, or glue pot) is a metaphor used to describe a difficult circumstance. Glossary of cricket terms and sticky wicket are cricket terminology.

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Strike rate

Strike rate refers to two different statistics in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Strike rate are cricket terminology.

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Stump (cricket)

In cricket, the stumps are the three vertical posts that support the bails and form the wicket. Glossary of cricket terms and stump (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Stumped

Stumped is a method of dismissing a batter in cricket, in which the wicket-keeper puts down the striker's wicket while the striker is out of their ground (the batter leaves their ground when they have moved down the pitch beyond the popping crease, often in an attempt to hit the ball). Glossary of cricket terms and Stumped are cricket terminology.

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Substitute (cricket)

A substitute in the sport of cricket is a replacement player that the umpires allow when a player has been injured or become ill, after the nomination of the players at the start of the game. Glossary of cricket terms and substitute (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Sudden death (sport)

In a sport or game, sudden death (also sudden-death, sudden-death overtime, or a sudden-death round) is a form of competition where play ends as soon as one competitor is ahead of the others, with that competitor becoming the winner.

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Super Over

A Super Over, also known as a one-over eliminator or a one over per side eliminator, is a tie-breaking method used in limited-overs cricket matches, In a super Over, each team plays a single additional over of six balls to determine the match winner. Glossary of cricket terms and super Over are cricket terminology.

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Superstition

A superstition is any belief or practice considered by non-practitioners to be irrational or supernatural, attributed to fate or magic, perceived supernatural influence, or fear of that which is unknown.

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Sweater

A sweater (North American English) or pullover, also called a jersey or jumper (British English and Australian English), in Collins English Dictionary: "a knitted or crocheted garment covering the upper part of the body" is a piece of clothing, typically with long sleeves, made of knitted or crocheted material that covers the upper part of the body.

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Sweater vest

A sweater vest (known as a tank top, sleeveless sweater, slipover, or sleeveless pullover in the UK) is an item of knitwear that is similar to a sweater, but without sleeves, usually with a low-cut neckline.

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Swing bowling

Swing bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Swing bowling are cricket terminology.

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Switch hit

A switch hit is a modern cricket shot. Glossary of cricket terms and switch hit are cricket terminology.

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Sydney

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

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Tail

The tail is the section at the rear end of certain kinds of animals' bodies; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso.

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Tape ball

A tape ball is a tennis ball wrapped in electrical tape that is often used in informal games of cricket such as street cricket, also called tape ball cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and tape ball are cricket terminology.

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Tarpaulin

A tarpaulin or tarp is a large sheet of strong, flexible, water-resistant or waterproof material, often cloth such as canvas or polyester coated with polyurethane, or made of plastics such as polyethylene.

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Tea (meal)

Tea is an umbrella term for several different meals consisting of food accompanied by tea to drink.

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Teesra

The teesra, also known as the jalebi, is a particular type of delivery by an off-spin bowler in the sport of cricket, which renowned off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq said he had invented. Glossary of cricket terms and teesra are cricket terminology.

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Ten-wicket haul

In cricket, a ten-wicket haul occurs when a bowler takes ten wickets in either a single innings or across both innings of a two-innings match. Glossary of cricket terms and ten-wicket haul are cricket terminology.

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Tennis ball

A tennis ball is a ball designed for the sport of tennis.

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Test cricket

Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at the international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Glossary of cricket terms and Test cricket are cricket terminology.

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Testimonial match

A testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, particularly in association football in the United Kingdom and South America, where a club has a match to honour a player for service to the club.

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The Ashes

The Ashes is a men's Test cricket series played biennially between England and Australia.

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The Express Tribune

The Express Tribune is a daily English-language newspaper based in Pakistan.

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The Hundred (cricket)

The Hundred is a 100-ball cricket tournament involving teams in major cities across England and Wales run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) which took place for the first time in 2021.

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The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand.

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The Oval

The Oval, currently named for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London.

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The Sporting Times

The Sporting Times (founded 1865, ceased publication 1932) was a weekly British newspaper devoted chiefly to sport, and in particular to horse racing.

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Third umpire

The third umpire (or TV Umpire) is an off-field umpire used in some cricket matches, particularly international matches. Glossary of cricket terms and third umpire are cricket terminology.

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Throwing (cricket)

Throwing, commonly referred to as chucking, is an illegal bowling action in the sport of cricket.

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Timed out

Timed out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Timed out are cricket terminology.

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Toblerone

Toblerone is a Swiss chocolate brand owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods).

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Toe-crushers

Toecrushers is an alternative name for yorker deliveries (usually inswinging ones) in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Toe-crushers are cricket terminology.

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Topspinner

A topspinner is a type of delivery bowled by a cricketer bowling either wrist spin or finger spin. Glossary of cricket terms and topspinner are cricket terminology.

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Toss (cricket)

In cricket, the toss is the flipping of a coin to determine which captain will have the right to choose whether their team will bat or field at the start of the match. Glossary of cricket terms and toss (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Trajectory

A trajectory or flight path is the path that an object with mass in motion follows through space as a function of time.

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Transitive verb

A transitive verb is a verb that entails one or more transitive objects, for example, 'enjoys' in Amadeus enjoys music.

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Trent Boult

Trent Alexander Boult (born 22 July 1989) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who represented the New Zealand cricket team in all formats.

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Triangular prism

In geometry, a triangular prism or trigonal prism is a prism with 2 triangular bases.

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Triskaidekaphobia

Triskaidekaphobia is fear or avoidance of the number.

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Trousers

Trousers (British English), slacks, or pants (American and Canadian English) are an item of clothing worn from the waist to anywhere between the knees and the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending across both legs as in robes, skirts, dresses and kilts).

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Twenty20

Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket.

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Umpire (cricket)

In cricket, an umpire (from the Old French meaning not a peer, i.e. not a member of one of the teams, impartial) is a person who has the authority to make decisions about events on the cricket field according to the Laws of Cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and umpire (cricket) are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Underarm bowling

Underarm bowling is a style of bowling in cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Underarm bowling are cricket terminology.

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Upper class

Upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of people who hold the highest social status, usually are the wealthiest members of class society, and wield the greatest political power.

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Urdu

Urdu (اُردُو) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia.

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Village cricket

Village cricket is a term, sometimes pejorative, given to the playing of cricket in rural villages in Britain. Glossary of cricket terms and village cricket are cricket terminology.

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Vinoo Mankad

Mulvantrai Himmatlal "Vinoo" Mankad (12 April 1917 – 21 August 1978) was a former Captain of Indian cricket team and appeared in 44 Test matches for India between 1946 and 1959.

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Virtual Eye

Virtual Eye, the sports division of Animation Research Limited (ARL), specialises in real time sports animations.

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Wage

A wage is payment made by an employer to an employee for work done in a specific period of time.

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Wagon

A wagon or waggon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people.

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Waqar Younis

Waqar Younis Maitla HI (Punjabi, وقار یونس میتلا; born 16 November 1971) is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who captained Pakistan national cricket team.

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Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram (Punjabi,; born 3 June 1966) is a Pakistani cricket commentator, coach, and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team.

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Western United States

The Western United States, also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, and the West, is the region comprising the westernmost U.S. states.

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Whitewash

Whitewash, calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, or lime paint is a type of paint made from slaked lime (calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2) or chalk (calcium carbonate, CaCO3), sometimes known as "whiting".

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Wicket

In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings. Glossary of cricket terms and wicket are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Wicket-keeper

The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. Glossary of cricket terms and wicket-keeper are cricket and cricket terminology.

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Wicket-keeper's gloves

Wicket-keeper's gloves are large gloves used in cricket and worn by the wicket-keeper of the fielding team, which protect the hands of the wicket-keeper when catching balls bowled by the bowler, hit by a batter or thrown by a fielder.

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Wide (cricket)

In cricket, a wide is a type of illegal delivery to a batter (the other type being a no-ball) that is judged by the umpire to be too wide or (in international cricket) too high to be hit by the batsman by means of a normal cricket shot. Glossary of cricket terms and wide (cricket) are cricket terminology.

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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, or simply Wisden, colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom.

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Women's cricket

Women's cricket is the team sport of cricket when played by women. Glossary of cricket terms and Women's cricket are cricket.

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Working class

The working class is a subset of employees who are compensated with wage or salary-based contracts, whose exact membership varies from definition to definition.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Wrist spin

Wrist spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. Glossary of cricket terms and Wrist spin are cricket terminology.

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Yips

In sports, the yips are a sudden and unexplained loss of ability to execute certain skills in experienced athletes. Glossary of cricket terms and yips are cricket terminology.

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Yorker

In cricket, a yorker is a ball bowled (a delivery) which hits the cricket pitch around the batsman's feet. Glossary of cricket terms and yorker are cricket terminology.

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100-ball cricket

100-ball cricket is a short form of cricket designed to attract new audiences to the game with simplified rules, which was originally created by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for its new city-based competition The Hundred.

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See also

Cricket

• Batting (cricket)
• Bowling (cricket)
• Captain (cricket)
• Crease (cricket)
• Cricket
• Cricket administration
• Cricket ball
• Cricket bat
• Cricket clothing and equipment
• Cricket competitions
• Cricket equipment
• Cricket field
• Cricket pitch
• Cricket statistics
• Cricket teams
• Cricket terminology
• Dismissal (cricket)
• Extra (cricket)
• Fielding (cricket)
• Forms of cricket
• Glossary of cricket terms
• History of cricket
• Innings
• Laws of Cricket
• Over (cricket)
• Result (cricket)
• Run (cricket)
• Scorer (cricket)
• Scoring (cricket)
• Umpire (cricket)
• Wicket
• Wicket-keeper
• Women's cricket
• Youth cricket

• Glossary of cricket terms
• List of 400-plus innings scores in One Day International cricket matches
• List of Cricket World Cup records
• List of ICC country codes
• List of International Cricket Council members
• List of International Cricket Council presidents
• List of International cricket families
• List of List A cricket records
• List of Major League Cricket records and statistics
• List of One Day International cricket records
• List of One Day International cricket umpires
• List of Test cricket hat-tricks
• List of Test cricket records
• List of Test cricket triple centuries
• List of Test cricket umpires
• List of Twenty20 International cricket hat-tricks
• List of Wisden Trophy records
• List of World Test Championship records
• List of bowlers who have taken a wicket with their first ball in a format of international cricket
• List of cricket commentators
• List of cricket writers
• List of cricketers who have scored a double century and a century in the same Test match
• List of cricketers who have scored centuries in both innings of a Test match
• List of cricketers' biographies and autobiographies
• List of current first-class cricket teams
• List of double centuries scored on first-class cricket debut
• List of earliest references in English cricket
• List of fatalities while playing cricket
• List of first-class cricket quadruple centuries
• List of first-class cricket records
• List of highest individual scores in One Day International cricket
• List of highest individual scores in cricket
• List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Gabba
• List of international under-19 cricket records
• List of official County Championship winners
• List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket
• List of tied One Day Internationals
• List of unusual dismissals in international cricket
• Lists of cricket records
• Pairs in Test and first-class cricket

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_cricket_terms

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