From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbowl somebody ↔ out phrasal verbDSCin cricket, when a team is bowled out, each member of the team has had to leave the field and there is no one left to bat → bowl→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
bowl out• The whisk should leave a ribbon trail in the bowl when lifted out.• You can put bowls of water out.• Oh, she bowled me out, all right!• Only Craig Stubbs with 33 not out looked comfortable as Hale Barns bowled Knutsford out for 101.• Cheshire scored 185 with 66 from Andy Hall, then bowled Lancashire out for 143.• In the foreground of the picture, though, is a procession of worshippers carrying offering bowls stretched out in front of them.• He reached into the bowl, took out one of the mushrooms and nibbled at its blue surfaces.• I heard Marcus putting food in my bowl and hurried out to the kitchen. 