Definition & Meaning | English word CRICKET

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Definitions of CRICKET

1. An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
2. A wooden footstool.
3. A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
4. A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
5. A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
6. (aviation, slang) An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
7. (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
8. (chiefly, British, usually in negative constructions) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
9. (rare, intransitive) To play the game of cricket.

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Examples of Using CRICKET in a Sentence

• The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and that "the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia".
• Australian rules football, also called Australian football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground.
• He holds several cricketing records, including the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994,and the record for the highest individual score in an international Test innings, after scoring 400 not out at Antigua during the 4th test against England in 2004.
• The Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup) is the quadrennial international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket.
• First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket.
• Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje (25 September 1969 – 1 June 2002) was a South African international cricketer and captain of the South Africa national cricket team in the 1990s.
• Founded in 1908 following a schism within the Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club (now AC Milan), Inter won its first championship in 1910.
• Hailed as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of the game, Botham represented England in both Test and One-Day International cricket.
• John Nash (cricket administrator) (1906–1977), English secretary of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1931–1971.
• 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.
• Left-arm orthodox spin or left-arm off spin, also known as slow left-arm orthodox spin bowling, is a type of spin bowling in cricket.
• Left-arm unorthodox spin, also known as slow left-arm wrist spin, is a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket.
• Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, the 11th largest globally, and the second-largest cricket arena by capacity.
• 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.
• Following his retirement from international cricket in 1964, Benaud became a highly regarded commentator on the game.
• The island of Saint Kitts is home to the Warner Park Cricket Stadium, which was used to host 2007 Cricket World Cup matches.
• Square, the area in the middle of a cricket outfield on which the primary playing surfaces, known as pitches or wickets, are positioned.
• Often referred to as the "ultimate test" of a cricketer's skill, endurance, and temperament, it is a format of international cricket where two teams in white clothing, each representing a country, compete over a match that can last up to five days.
• He played first-class cricket for a record-equalling 44 seasons, from 1865 to 1908, during which he captained England, Gloucestershire, the Gentlemen, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the United South of England Eleven (USEE), and several other teams.
• January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having handled the ball, in Test cricket.

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