From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcricketercrick‧et‧er /ˈkrɪkɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] British English DSCsomeone who plays cricket → batsman, bowler, fielder Her father was a very good cricketer.
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cricketer• Walden, who also became a Northamptonshire County cricketer, went on to play for Tottenham.• He probably accepts that the ultimate accolade for the county cricketer will now remain inaccessible.• Strangely, there is both the outlaw and the patriot in this formidable cricketer.• Somehow, without guidance and peer influence, cricketers are apt to bite the hand that feeds them.• Here were my kind of cricketers.• There have been previous sporting tickertape parades for the 1982 Commonwealth Games team and the 1989 Ashes-winning cricketers. 