Cricket
An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.
A low stool.
A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.
A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.
To play at cricket.
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Cricket Quotations
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
George Bernard Shaw
Cricket is basically baseball on valium.
Robin Williams
Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.
Imran Khan
During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.
Imran Khan
The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.
Imran Khan
I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
Harold Pinter
You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing.
Murray Walker
You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.
Murray Walker
My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.
Sachin Tendulkar
But eventually it is a game of cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar
Cricket Translations
cricket in Dutch is krekel, kriek
cricket in German is Heimchen, Kricket
cricket in Portuguese is grilo
cricket in Spanish is grillo
cricket in Swedish is cricket, syrsa
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