cricket

Everyday

1. Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played by two teams of eleven players on a large field with a pitch in the middle, where a bowler bowls to a batter who tries to score runs. tree →
2. A cricket is a jumping insect, like a grasshopper, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wings. tree →

In the lessons

In sport, cricket is very popular in England, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, South Africa and the West Indies; matches can last from a few hours to five days (Test matches); the Ashes is a famous series between England and Australia. Words: wicket, stumps, bails, over (six balls), runs, four, six, out, umpire. In maths, cricket scores and run rates make good problems. In science, crickets are insects with six legs; male crickets chirp, and they chirp faster when it is warmer. Phrases: «play cricket», «cricket bat», «cricket match», «it's not cricket» (old-fashioned British for «it's not fair»).

Examples

• We play cricket in the summer holidays. tree →
• The bowler took three wickets. tree →
• He hit the ball for six in the cricket match. tree →
• An over in cricket has six balls. tree →
• The crickets chirped all night. tree →
• Crickets have long back legs for jumping. tree →
• Australia and England play for the Ashes. tree →
• We ate sandwiches at the cricket. tree →
• “Keep still, you ugly Cricket!” cried Pinocchio. tree →

Note

The game is uncountable («play cricket», not «a cricket»); the insect is countable («two crickets»). A cricket insect has six legs, like all insects. In cricket, «a run» is a point, and «a six» means 6 runs scored by hitting the ball over the boundary.

In Jewish tradition

Crickets and some locusts are the only winged swarming insects the Torah allows as food. Tradition says that only communities with a tradition about which species are permitted may eat them. In the primary lessons: In sport, cricket is very popular in England, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, South Africa and the West Indies; matches can last from a few hours to five days (Test matches); the Ashes is a famous series between England and Australia. Words: wicket, stumps, bails, over (six balls), runs, four, six, out, umpire. In maths, cricket scores and run rates make good problems. In science, crickets are insects with six legs; male crickets chirp, and they chirp faster when it is warmer. Phrases: «play cricket», «cricket bat», «cricket match», «it's not cricket» (old-fashioned British for «it's not fair»).

Examples

• even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kinds, and the bald locust after its kinds, and the cricket after its kinds, and the grasshopper after its kinds. (Torah LEV.11.22, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

The game is uncountable («play cricket», not «a cricket»); the insect is countable («two crickets»). A cricket insect has six legs, like all insects. In cricket, «a run» is a point, and «a six» means 6 runs scored by hitting the ball over the boundary.