Sports An outdoor game played with bats, a ball, and wickets by two teams of 11 players each.
Good sportsmanship and fair conduct: It's not cricket to cheat at cards.
intr.v.
crick·et·ed, crick·et·ing, crick·etsSports To play the game of cricket.
[Obsolete French criquet, piece of wood, from Old French, stick for a bowling game, perhaps from Middle Dutch cricke, walking stick.] crick'et·er, crick'et·eer' (-ĭ-tîr') n.
(krĭk'ĭt) 