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Meaning of white ball | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. limited overs cricket, as distinct from first-class cricket
    metonymically, uncountable
  2. A hamlet in Sampford Arundel parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST0918).
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, ball.
    uncountable

Examples

“His team was scheduled to play a white ball match against England.”
“Kohli says that his white-ball batting is essentially an extension of his Test batting.”
“Adil Rashid has put his ambitions for a Test return on hold and negotiated a new white-ball deal at Yorkshire after losing some of his appetite for the first-class game. ... “I’ve made the decision to just concentrate on white ball, something which makes me very happy and gives me the best chance of improving my cricket,” said Rashid.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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