Collocations for "cricket"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "cricket" in context.
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cricket
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [field, tree] cricket
- could hear the crickets chirping
- the chirping of the crickets
- love the sound of (chirping) crickets
- could hear the (chirping) crickets outside
- feed crickets to his [lizard, snake]
- crickets and [other, similar] jumping insects
- sports: [test-match, one-day, Twenty20] cricket
- sports: [county, international, amateur, school] cricket
- sports: plays cricket for [England, Middlesex, the school]
- sports: used to play cricket [at school, for England]
- sports: [watch, play, bet on] cricket
- UK: That's not cricket!
- UK: wouldn't be cricket to [say, ask, suggest]
- a cricket [pitch, ground, ball, bat, team]
- is a cricket [umpire, coach, player]
- plays for the [school] cricket team
'cricket' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):