n. & v.
n. a game played on a grass pitch with two teams of 11 players taking turns to bowl at a wicket defended by a batting player of the other team.
v.intr. (cricketed, cricketing) play cricket. cricket-bag a long bag used for carrying a cricketer's bat etc. not cricket Brit. colloq. underhand or unfair behaviour. cricketer n.
[ 16th c.: orig. uncert. ]