muruväljakul mängitav sportlik pesapallisarnane pallimäng, mida kaks 11-liikmelist võistkonda mängivad kõva rusikasuuruse palli ja puust kurikatega, püütakse palliga tabada väravaid (et variseksid ülemised põiklatid)
a game played with a ball and bat by two sides of usually 11 players each on a large field centering upon two wickets each defended by a batsman
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mängitakse pms Suurbritannias, USAs
mängitakse muruväljakul (135–157,5 × 150–165 m)
Players try to score points, called runs, by hitting a ball with a wooden bat.
England’s national summer sport, which is now played throughout the world, particularly in Australia, India, Pakistan, the West Indies, and the British Isles.
Cricket is believed to have begun possibly as early as the 13th century as a game in which country boys bowled at a tree stump or at the hurdle gate into a sheep pen.
