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Cricket is a sport enjoyed by hundreds of millions around the globe, mainly in former British colonies.

His life, as he himself admits, is all cricket from an early age.

He experienced a rapid rise, only beginning to play cricket competitively at age 11.

Three kids play cricket among the crude gravestones in a cemetery that is the largest in the province.

But the language about public schools and cricket bewildered audiences and Frank Rich gave it a stinking review.

A cricket-match was in progress, but the bowling and batting were extremely wild, thanks to The Warren strong beer.

He was a manly young fellow, a sportsman and renowned at cricket, and she was amiable and pretty, a little blonde beauty.

So still was the place that the caged cricket hanging from the eaves of Um's distant room beat time like an elfin metronome.

In one such startled interval of waking her caged cricket had given out its plaintive cry.

Somewhere near her feet the cricket gave out an importunate chirp.

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On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cricket, such as: decent, fair, honest, proper, reasonable, and stable.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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