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What Is The Definition Of Wide In Cricket?
1. A delivery that passes too wide of the wicket. This is considered an illegal ball because it is too far from the batsman to be scored off. When a delivery is wide, the batting side scores an extra and a replacement ball is bowled because it is not a valid delivery. Wides are tallied separately on the scorecard; they do not count towards the score of an individual batsman.
Examples Of How Wide Is Used In Commentary
1. The umpire stretched his arms out from his sides to signal that the ball was a wide.
2. The team thought a wide was bowled, but the batsman was able to hit it.
Sports The Term Is Used
1. Cricket