Cricket match
Cricket match noun - A match between two cricket teams.
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Game and cricket match are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Game" instead a noun phrase "Cricket match".
Game
Game noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.
Cricket match and game are semantically related. You can use "Cricket match" instead a noun "Game".
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A first class cricket match, equivalent to a US NFL or MLB game, or a European soccer league match, is played over four days of six to ten hours each.
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In a one day international cricket match in February 1981, when New Zealand was six runs behind Australia on the final ball, and New Zealand needed to score a six off the final ball to tie the game.
Source: Down to the Last Play - Despite jokes about Americans fighting a war to get away from cricket-lovers, the game was quite popular in the United States until around the time of the Civil War, and the first official international cricket match was played between the USA and Canada in 1844 on a field in Staten Island.
Source: Useful Notes / Cricket
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Game and Cricket match. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cricket_match/game
Cricket match & Game. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cricket_match/game>.
Game or Cricket match. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cricket_match/game.
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