From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Cricketcricketercrick‧et‧er /ˈkrɪkɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] British EnglishDSCsomeone who plays cricket → batsman, bowler, fielder
Her father was a very good cricketer.Examples from the Corpuscricketer• Walden, who also became a Northamptonshire Countycricketer, went on to play for Tottenham.• He probably accepts that the ultimateaccolade for the county cricketer will now remain inaccessible.• Strangely, there is both the outlaw and the patriot in this formidablecricketer.• Somehow, without guidance and peerinfluence, cricketers are apt to bite the hand that feeds them.• Here were my kind of cricketers.• There have been previoussporting tickertape parades for the 1982 Commonwealth Games team and the 1989 Ashes-winning cricketers.
