crick4 (krik)

[Cf. cric and crick3.] A small jackscrew. E. H. Knight. cricket1 (krik'et), n. [Early mod. E. also creket, mod. Pr. cricot, MLG. krikel, krekel, > G. House-cricket ( Acheta domestic a ), natural size. IMG:content-1616.png:[blocks in formation] where another player (the wicket-keeper) stands ready to catch the ball should it not be batted; the other fielders are placed in different parts of the field, so as to catch or stop the ball after it has been struck by the batsman or mi ed by the wicket-keeper. Their positions and names are shown in the diagram. It is the object of the batsman to prevent the ball delivered by the bowler from knocking the bails off his wicket, either by merely stopping the ball with his bat or driving it away to a distant part of the field. Should the ball be driven to any distance, or not stopped by the wicket-keeper, the two batsmen run acro and exchange wickets once or more. Each time this is done is counted as a "run," and is marked to the credit of the striker. If the batsman, however, allows the ball to carry away a bail or a stump, either when the ball is bowled or while he is running from wicket to wicket, if he knocks down any part of his own wicket, if any part of his person stops a ball that would otherwise have reached his wicket, or if he strikes a ball so that it is caught by one of the opposite party before it reaches the ground, he is "out" - that is, he gives up his place to one of his own side; and so the game goes on until 10 of the 11 men have played and been put out. This constitutes an "innings." The side in the field then take their turn at the bat. Generally after two innings have been played by both sides the game comes to an end, that side winning which has scored the greater number of runs. A rude form of the game is known to have been played in the thirteenth century. From the club-ball originated.. that pleasant and manly exercise, distinguished in modern times by the name of cricket. Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 175. cricket2 (krik'et), v. i. [ cricket2 , n.] To engage in the game of cricket; play cricket. They boated and they cricketed ; they talk'd At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. Tennyson, Prince , Prol. The