orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect - any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts

family Gryllidae, Gryllidae - crickets

mole cricket - digs in moist soil and feeds on plant roots

Acheta domestica, European house cricket - lives in human dwellings; naturalized in parts of America

Acheta assimilis, field cricket - common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings

tree cricket - pale arboreal American cricket noted for loud stridulation

bowling - (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman

snick - a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat

hat trick - (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.)

innings - the batting turn of a cricket player or team

field game - an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions

cricket equipment - sports equipment used in playing cricket

stump - (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket

duck's egg, duck - (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

over - (cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6 in England but 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch

maiden over, maiden - (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored

drive - hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically; "drive a ball"

snick - hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat

play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"