not outadv.n.adj.
/nɒtˈaʊt/, U.S. /ˈnɑdˈaʊt/ Cricket.
A. adv.
Not having been dismissed as a batter. Also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [adverb] > in or out
out1609
ina1672
not out1777
all out1833
1777 Hampshire Chron. 30 June 3/3 Minshell 60 not out.
1806 Stanhope & Graham Compl. List Grand Matches Cricket 1804 & 1805 6 Freemantle 48 not out.
1851 F. Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers (ed. 4) 38 Rugby School..166, with eight wickets to go down: Mr. Thornhill, not out, 75.
1886 Graphic 31 July 107/2 Some other ‘centurions’ have been Chatterton (108) for M.C.C., A. Shuker (103 not out) for Trent.
1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands vi. 62 The..thermometer..registered 103°, not out.
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 424/2 Not out (96), 96 and still alive.
1955 Times 11 July 4/2 Waite, when he had made 61 and with the total at 314, was given not out caught behind the wicket off Lock.
1992 Daily Express 8 June 52/7 Alec Stewart scored a superb 94 not out to lead England to safety at Edgbaston.
2009 Birmingham Post (Electronic ed.) 22 June 45 Mathews..once again highlighted his impact as a late-innings hitter with an impressive 35 not out.
B. n.
Usually with hyphen. A not-out batter; a not-out score or innings.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman > not-out batsman
not out1852
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > innings > not-out innings
not out1900
1852 Era 18 July 5/3 We mention this to explain the seeming anomaly of two ‘not outs’.
1869 Baily's Monthly Mag. July 22 On the Tuesday the two not outs resumed their innings.
1898 Field 11 June 873/1 At the outset Troup and Townsend, the not-outs, were very slow.
1900 W. J. Ford Cricketer on Cricket 140 Last year..in 56 innings he had an average of over 30, with only one not-out to help him.
1960 Times 14 June 16/2 With the aid of a number of not-outs Statham's batting average for England..is more than 30.
1994 Wisden Cricket Monthly June 35/1 The batting side of Thomson's 1990 tour consisted mostly of being sent in at No. 7 and accumulating a series of little not-outs just before innings closed.
C. adj. (chiefly attributive).
Usually with hyphen. Designating a batter not yet dismissed or a batter not dismissed at the end of an innings. Also: designating a score or innings made by such a batter. Cf. out adv. 17c.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [adjective] > not-out
not out1860
1860 Baily's Monthly Mag. Sept. 426 We were most pleased with the two ‘not-out’ innings of 15 and 12 played by Mr. C. D. Marsham.
1881 Sportsman's Year-bk. 137 He..has been in 36 times, and ‘not out’ four times.
1891 Daily News 15 July 3/7 The professional from Oldham..increased his not-out score of 60 to 124.
1895 Daily News 26 Aug. 7/1 Not only did he take all the ten wickets, but the not-out man was missed from his bowling.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 7/3 His not-out innings realised 112 runs out of a total of 206.
1974 Daily Tel. 12 June 34/4 Graves added a not-out 55 at a run a minute.
1992 Wisden Cricket Monthly Sept. 15 Gloucestershire's Dean Hodgson opened up this season with a not-out B & H century.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adv.n.adj.1777