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Meaning of "French cricket" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRENCH CRICKET

French cricket play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRENCH CRICKET

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French cricket is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FRENCH CRICKET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

French cricket

French cricket is an informal game derived from the sport of cricket. There is only one batsman, and their objective is to not be dismissed by the other participants - who are fielders, or a bowler if they have possession of the ball - for as long as possible. The objective of the other participants is to dismiss the batsman. There are only two methods of dismissal, being caught or being "leg before wicket", but as there are no stumps, this method of dismissal is effected by a bowled ball hitting the batsman's legs typically below the knees. Once the batsman is dismissed, the other participant who took the catch or effected the "lbw" typically replaces them as batsman, and the game-play begins again. There are many varieties of additional rules. The batsman may be obliged to stay with their legs in the same place, facing the same way for the whole of their innings; they may remain in the same place but be permitted to change their stance if they effect a shot by hitting the ball; or, they may be able to freely move around after playing a shot. The batsman may also score runs in some variations of the game.

Definition of French cricket in the English dictionary

The definition of French cricket in the dictionary is a child's game resembling cricket, in which the batsman's legs are used as the wicket.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRENCH CRICKET

French Academy
French and Indian War
French bean
French bread
French bulldog
French Cameroons
French Canada
French Canadian
French chalk
French Community
French cuff
French curve
French Directory
French door
French doors
French dressing
French Equatorial Africa
French fact
French Foreign Legion
French franc

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRENCH CRICKET

air ticket
big-ticket
cricket
day return ticket
dream ticket
entrance ticket
meal ticket
on a sticky wicket
one-way ticket
open ticket
parking ticket
picket
pocket
price ticket
round-trip ticket
season ticket
speeding ticket
test cricket
thicket
ticket
wicket

Synonyms and antonyms of French cricket in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «French cricket» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRENCH CRICKET

Find out the translation of French cricket to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of French cricket from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «French cricket» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

法国板球
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grillo francés
570 millions of speakers

English

French cricket
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ्रेंच क्रिकेट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكريكيت الفرنسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Французский крикет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cricket Francês
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফরাসি ক্রিকেট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le cricket français
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kriket Perancis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Französisch Cricket
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フレンチクリケット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

프랑스어 크리켓
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jangkrik Perancis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dế Pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரஞ்சு கிரிக்கெட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रेंच क्रिकेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fransız kriket
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grillo francese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

francuski krykieta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

французький крикет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cricket franceză
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Γαλλικά κρίκετ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Franse krieket
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Franska cricket
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Fransk cricket
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of French cricket

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRENCH CRICKET»

The term «French cricket» is used very little and occupies the 183.594 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRENCH CRICKET» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «French cricket» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «French cricket» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about French cricket

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRENCH CRICKET»

Discover the use of French cricket in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to French cricket and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Globalizing Cricket: Englishness, Empire and Identity
The only true cricket is French cricket ... A bat, a ball, a pair of trousers. It is cricket reduced to its irreducible elements. Understand French cricket, and you can understand anything.”' These accounts draw on stereotypes which the English ...
Dominic Malcolm, 2012
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Articles on Short Form Cricket, Including: Backyard Cricket, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
3
Eccentric France: The Bradt Guide to Mad, Magical and ...
Chauny is one of the 36 cricket clubs which now take part in the French Cricket Championship. (That's not 'French cricket' by the way, which is neither French nor cricket.) Wynford Hicks, founder, groundsman and secretary (and captain, until ...
Piers Letcher, 2003
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Speculations After Freud: Psychoanalysis, Philosophy and Culture
FRENCH CRICKET I am not altogether uninterested in alternatives, after all, for it makes of necessity a virtue, of iterability a strength. I propose French cricket. It is a game that was played in my childhood on the streets of Calcutta. The rules ...
Michael Munchow, Sonu Shamdasani, 2002
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Beauties of Cobbett. Being extracts from the 12 vols. of the ...
Had it not been for a report that was studioust spread through the army, that the expedition was intended against Egypt, it would never have gone on board. - FRENCH CRICKET. These little animals seem to threaten the United States with  ...
William Cobbett, 1836
6
LIFE ON A LAKE DISTRICT SMALLHOLDING
French cricket On summer evenings young Jim Park and I played French cricket on the green between Tarn Cottage, the farm and the shore gate. Very occasionally George and even Tom would join us in a game of real cricket with a stump or ...
F. Nigel Hepper, 2011
7
Physical Education in Nursery and Infant Schools
These are listed below: French cricket Five cricket bat shapes and five balls are needed. Divide the class into five groups. One child holds the bat and tries to protect his legs. The other children aim the ball at the batsman's legs, the batsman ...
Pauline Wetton, 2005
8
BEGGAR'S FEAST
And when they realized there were no boys to race, the girls would not leave their games of netball and French cricket, either. And so eventually it was only Rose. She always went, not only because leaving netball and French cricket were no ...
Randy Boyagoda, 2013
9
Life Orientation Gr8 L/b
French cricket Work in groups. 1 . Read the instructions on how to play French cricket. 2. Discuss any questions you have. 3. Divide into teams and play the game (your teacher or a learner can be the referee). Divide into groups of five to ten ...
Estelle Yon, Amos Siwayi, Morgan Lands, Sue Heese, Paulene Solomon
10
Essential English
First, James and John played French Cricket and then James and John put on James' and John's skates. Next, James played chasings with John before James and John had tea. Finally James went home to James' house. Let's correct this ...
Kathi Wyldeck, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRENCH CRICKET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term French cricket is used in the context of the following news items.
1
NEVILLE'S ILAND to Play SJT
... by wildlife and cut off from the world, this obligatory middle-class exercise turns into a carnival of recriminations, French cricket and sausages. «Broadway World, Jul 15»
2
The Ashes 2015 DAY one recap: England vs Australia cricket score …
... whose deep-in-the-crease technique has been pulled apart on a regular basis since Trent Boult made it look like French cricket during the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Gary Ballance shows he has the guts to succeed when his …
... he was able to transfer his weight slightly further forward than against New Zealand, when it looked as if he was playing French cricket – just ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Vaughan's guide to getting Australia out
Vaughan goes on to suggest Chris Rogers plays the game like he is playing "french cricket" and that an umbrella field setting is crucial to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Starc unimpressed by pink ball
These days it is more of french cricket like Steve Smith, move to cover the wicket and hit the ball. So with this much non-sense creeping up in ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jun 15»
6
Exclusive interview with Steve Backshall
... spotting birds and butterflies, learning to track animals by their footprints… and just being able to run riot playing tag, French cricket, hide and ... «FemaleFirst.co.uk, Jun 15»
7
French pupils bowled over at Halesowen school
French cricket, Halesowen style.(from left) Aaron James, Melanie Reuze, Yanis Hussain, Noemie Hodbert (batting) and Pauline Castellier. «Halesowen News, Jun 15»
8
England v New Zealand, day five report: Hosts' bluster blown away …
In this innings he took guard with his left foot in front of the popping crease, before playing back, but the result was still similar to French cricket. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
9
Abbey Theatre offers no island paradise!
Bound in by fog, menaced by the wildlife and cut off from the world, this perfunctory exercise turns into a carnival of recrimination, French cricket ... «Arbroath Herald, May 15»
10
The voice of cricket
SURPRISINGLY, there is a French Cricket Association. More surprisingly, its patron until his death was Richie Benaud, captain of Australia's ... «The Economist, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. French cricket [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/french-cricket>. Apr 2024 ».
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