cricket score

plural cricket scores

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cricket, score.

   He also excelled at athletics, rugby and tennis but his ability to amass a huge cricket score in a single innings was soon to gain him headlines around the world.

   2001, Australian Legends, R.I.C. Publications, →ISBN

2. AustraliaNew ZealandUKsports apart from cricketA very high score.

   2–0 is a cricket score in Italian football.

   2014, Phil Shaw, The Book of Football Quotations, Random House, →ISBN, page 508

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   The better teams were beginning to run up cricket scores thanks to the advent of short passing, so eventually this system, shown in Figure 5-2, was introduced to counter it.

   2010, Scott Murray, Football For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN

   International Rugby League winger Noel Pidding – "Football's Bradman" – piled up a cricket score, 34 points, against America yesterday.

   2013, Gavin Willacy, No Helmets Required, eBook Partnership, →ISBN