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declaration bowling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
dec-la-ra-tion bowl-ing
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Deliberately poor bowling from the fielding team, with the intention of allowing the batters to score runs quickly and thus encourage the opposing captain to declare, thereby giving both teams a reasonable chance of winning in a timed match which would otherwise be a draw.

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does declaration bowling mean?
Deliberately poor bowling from the fielding team, with the intention of allowing the batters to score runs quickly and thus encourage the opposing captain to declare, thereby giving both teams a reasonable chance of winning in a timed match which would otherwise be a draw.

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