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    cricket
    crick‧et /ˈkrɪkət, ˈkrɪkɪt/ noun
     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
         
    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)