Cricket vs. Skipper — What's the Difference?

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat (and running between the wickets), while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out").

(Nautical) The master of a ship.

Any of various orthopteran insects of the family Gryllidae, having long antennae and legs adapted for leaping. The males of many species produce a shrill chirping sound by rubbing the front wings together.

A coach, director, or other leader.

(Sports) An outdoor game played with bats, a ball, and wickets by two teams of 11 players each.

One that skips.

Good sportsmanship and fair conduct

Any of numerous butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and Megathymidae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.

A small wooden footstool.

Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially a saury.

A ridged structure made of two adjoining triangular pieces covered with flashing or roofing material and built at the upper intersection of a roof and chimney to divert water and prevent the accumulation of snow and debris. Also called saddle.

To act as the skipper of.

To play the game of cricket.

(nautical) The master of a ship.

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

A coach, director, or other leader.

In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.

(sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.

A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.

Agent noun of skip: one who skips.

A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.

A person who skips, or fails to attend class.

An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.

(sports) One who jumps rope.

(sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.

Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.

An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.

Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.

A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).

(obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.

A wooden footstool.

The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.

To play the game of cricket.

A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.

An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.

(transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.

A low stool.

(intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.

A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.

One who, or that which, skips.

A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.

A young, thoughtless person.

To play at cricket.

The saury (Scomberesox saurus).

Leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.

A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs

Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; - so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.

Play cricket

The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.

A ship boy.

A student who fails to attend classes

An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

The naval officer in command of a military ship

Work as the skipper on a vessel