farm the strike

verb

To deliberately either score runs or decline to score runs so as to allow the best batsman to face the majority of the balls as the striker.

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Meanings

verbfarm the strike (third-person singular simple present farms the strike, present participle farming the strike, simple past and past participle farmed the strike)

present singular third person farms the strike · participle present farming the strike · participle past farmed the strike · past farmed the strike

  1. ball gamesTo deliberately either score runs or decline to score runs so as to allow the best batsman to face the majority of the balls as the striker.
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Chicago

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