innings
(ɪnɪŋz )
Word forms: innings
countable noun
An innings is a period in a game of cricket during which a particular team or player is batting.
The home side were all out for 50 in their second innings.
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Idioms:
have a good innings [British, old-fashioned]
to be successful for a long time
His career ended when his horse fell and he was left with permanent loss of vision in his left eye. `I had a good innings,' he says.
to live for a long time and have a good life
He himself had had a good innings, he said, but he was sorry for younger victims in desolate circumstances.
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Collocations:
finish an innings
He plays situations very well and can rebuild or finish an innings.
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Faster bowlers who finish the innings need an array of tricks to avoid becoming cannon-fodder.
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They finished their innings on 338 a few overs into the third morning.
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All five of her wickets were bowled as she finished the innings with 5/18.
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In the only innings in which he batted, as a tailender, he scored one run, and finished the innings not out.
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