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[Sense 1: Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old French; Origin: criquet 'stick at which a ball is thrown']

[Sense 2: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: criquet, from the sound it makes. ]

1. [uncountable] a game between two teams of 11 players in which players try to get points by hitting a ball and running between two sets of three sticks

2. [countable] a small brown insect that can jump, and that makes a rough sound by rubbing its wings together

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COLLOCATIONS

■ verbs

▪ play cricket Do you play cricket?

▪ watch cricket He likes to spend summer weekends watching cricket.

■ cricket + NOUN

▪ a cricket bat (=that you use to hit the ball)

▪ a cricket team the Australian cricket team

▪ a cricket club (=a group of people who play cricket together, or the place where they play and meet socially) The village cricket club held a barbecue.

▪ a cricket field/ground/pitch (=area of ground where cricket is played) the school cricket field

▪ a cricket match (=a game of cricket)

▪ the cricket season (=the time of year when people play cricket)

▪ a cricket player He used to be a professional cricket player.

▪ a cricket captain (=the leader of a cricket team)

▪ a cricket tour (=a trip to a different country to play cricket) England's cricket tour to the West Indies

▪ a cricket fan (=someone who likes cricket, especially watching it)

■ types of cricket

▪ county cricket (=played between counties in England)

▪ international/world cricket He brought South Africa back into international cricket.

▪ Test cricket (=played between the teams of different countries)