bowlers

Strike and spare

Bowlers are people who bowl—throwing balls down lanes at pins, or rolling balls toward a jack on a green.

The word also refers to bowler hats, the rounded hard-crowned hats once standard in British business dress: City gents in bowlers and pinstripes.

In cricket, bowlers deliver the ball to batsmen.

cricket

batsmen

Players who hit

wicketsCricket's wooden targets
spinRapid rotation around axis
oversCricket bowling units

innings · pitch · crease · yorker · googly · stumps · umpire · batting · fielders · test match

hats

derby

Open-entry competition

feltCompressed fiber textile
formalFollowing strict protocol
headwearGarments for the head

millinery · brim · crown · Chaplin · vintage · gentlemen · British · dapper · steampunk · costume

tenpin

lanes

Parallel traffic divisions

pinsPointed sewing fasteners
strikesRefusals to work collectively
sparesBackup items kept available

gutters · alleys · frames · ball return · turkey · perfect game · split · hook · league · tournaments

Categories

cricketbatsman, wicket, bat, ball, innings
cricket termsfielder, test match, batsman, long leg, midwicket
millinerymilliner, milliners, hatmaker, hatmakers, hats
headwearhat, cap, helmet, crown, hood
hobbyistshobbyist, hobbyists, enthusiasts, crafters, collectors

Opposites

role in cricket/bowling sports

bowlersbatsmen

Players who hit

batters · hitters · strikers · fielders · wicketkeepers

participation status

bowlersspectators

Those who observe events

audience · fans · onlookers · viewers · observers

HAT STYLE (bowler hats)

bowlerstop hats

Tall formal headwear

baseball caps · berets · fedoras · cowboy hats · flat caps

Phrases

bowled overOverwhelmed with astonishment
bowler hatsRigid dome-crowned hats
slow bowlerCricket player using deception over speed
fast bowlerSpeed-focused cricket pitcher
bowled outWicket struck, batter leaves

Family

Familiarity: Top 100,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G