Cricket’s Cross

Cross

The cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is also termed a saltire in heraldic terminology. Throughout centuries the cross in its various shapes and forms was a symbol of various beliefs.

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a 22-yard pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. Two players from the batting team, the striker and nonstriker, stand in front of either wicket holding bats, while one player from the fielding team, the bowler, bowls the ball toward the striker's wicket from the opposite end of the pitch. The striker's goal is to hit the bowled ball with the bat and then switch places with the nonstriker, with the batting team scoring one run for each of these swaps. Runs are also scored when the ball reaches the boundary of the field or when the ball is bowled illegally.

cricket

Noun

1. An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

Noun

1. A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
2. An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.

cross

Noun

1. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
2. Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.

Adjective

1. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
2. Opposite, opposed to.