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noun sport ADJ. county, international, school, village | club, first-class | professional | championship, league, test, World Cup | one-day, four-day, etc. | limited-over(s) | Sunday | attacking The crowd loves to watch attacking cricket. QUANT. game VERB + CRICKET play | watch | follow CRICKET + NOUN game, match | championship, competition | field, ground, pitch | ball, bat | pavilion | captain, manager, team | club | enthusiast, fan, lover | season | tour | scene This game marks his comeback to the international cricket scene. | commentator | memorabilia an auction of cricket memorabiliaSPORT insect CRICKET + VERB chirp The only sound was a cricket chirping.
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cricket
verbs
play cricket
• Do you play cricket?
watch cricket
• He likes to spend summer weekends watching cricket.
a cricket bat
(= that you use to hit the ball )
a cricket team
• the Australian cricket team
a cricket club
(= a group of people who play cricket together, or the place where they play and meet socially )
• The village cricket club held a barbecue.
a cricket field/ground/pitch
(= area of ground where cricket is played )
• the school cricket field
a cricket match
(= a game of cricket )
the cricket season
(= the time of year when people play cricket )
a cricket player
• He used to be a professional cricket player.
a cricket captain
(= the leader of a cricket team )
a cricket tour
(= a trip to a different country to play cricket )
• England's cricket tour to the West Indies
a cricket fan
(= someone who likes cricket, especially watching it )
types of cricket
county cricket
(= played between counties in England )
international/world cricket
• He brought South Africa back into international cricket.
Test cricket
(= played between the teams of different countries )
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