# cricketing

Pronunciation: say "KRIK-it-ing" /ˈkɹɪkɪtɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Describing a person, team, or other group that plays the sport of cricket.
   - Simple: Used about a person or group that plays cricket.
   - _The cricketing brothers both went on to play for their country._
   - _Teams from India, Australia, and other cricketing nations arrived for the tournament._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of cricket. *(rare)* — present participle and gerund of cricket
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of cricket. It is a rare verb meaning playing cricket.

## Noun

3. A single game or match of cricket. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A game of cricket, a sport played with a bat and ball.
   - _A cricketing was arranged between the two colleges for the first fine Saturday of spring._
   - _Families brought picnics to every cricketing held on the common._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cricketing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).