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cricket noun2 & verb. L16.
[Origin unkn.]
A. noun. An open-air game played with ball, bats, and wickets, between two sides now usu. of eleven players each; (in full indoor cricket) a form of the game played indoors; the playing of this game. L16.
Phrases: not cricket colloq. infringing the codes of fair play between honourable opponents in any sphere. French cricket: see FRENCH adjective. snob-cricket: see SNOB noun2.
Comb.: cricket bag a long bag for carrying a cricketer's bat etc.; cricket-bat a bat [BAT noun1 2] used in cricket; cricket-bat willow, a glabrescent variety of white willow, Salix alba var. caerulea, which provides the best wood for cricket-bats.
b. verb intrans. Play cricket. L17.
? Many changes have been made in the character of the game since the 17th cent., when the bats were like hockey-sticks, the wicket of two stumps with one long bail, and the ball trundled along the ground.
cricke'tana noun pl. publications or other items concerning or associated with cricket M19.
cricketer noun a person who plays cricket M18.