cricketer
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- noun
- /ˈkrɪkɪtər/
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jugador de cricket
- The legendary cricketer led his team to victory in the championship final.
- Indian cricketers
- former cricketer
- greatest cricketer
The man who took over was Ken Barrington, one of the nicest, funniest cricketers I've ever had the pleasure to know.
- The man who took over was Ken Barrington, one of the nicest, funniest cricketers I've ever had the pleasure to know.
- The most curious thing is people want to know how do you go from being an England cricketer?
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The real ray of hope for the Indian team was Mahendra Singh Dhoni, one of the most impressive young cricketers I'd ever worked with.
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Many young cricketers aspire to follow in the footsteps of their idols.
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Besides, I thought you might need a real cricketer for a change.
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An American company is hoping to find a cricketer to throw a very fast ball.
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The question once again: Which cricketer has scored the most first class centuries in history?
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Will Cummins have a successful career as a professional cricketer?
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I have always believed that if a cricketer is good enough to play Test cricket, it shouldn't matter whether he is 18 or 28.
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Now, who's Australia's most famous cricketer?
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The man who took over was Ken Barrington, one of the nicest, funniest cricketers I've ever had the pleasure to know.
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Last summer, I joined a local club where I played alongside experienced cricketers.
How Skilled
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cricketer comes from the name of the game cricket plus the ending -er, which means 'one who does something'. The name cricket probably came from an old word for a 'stick' or 'bat' used to hit the ball, so a cricketer is simply 'one who plays the game'.