Cricket (disambiguation)

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 pitch with a wicket at each end. Cricket or crickets may also refer to:

Animals

• Cricket (insect), an insect of the family Gryllidae, known for the characteristic chirping sound made by the male.
• Mole cricket, a family of crickets adapted to burrowing.
• Jerusalem cricket, a family of large, flightless insects that are not true crickets.
• Wētā, a group of large, flightless insects from New Zealand, some of which are known as "tree crickets" or "ground crickets".

Arts and entertainment

• The Cricket (1917 film), an American silent drama starring Harry Benham
• The Cricket (1980 film), a French drama directed by Alain Cuny
• Crickets (film), a 2023 surrealist short film
• The Crickets, an American rock and roll band formed in the 1950s
• "Cricket", a song by The Kinks from their 1971 album Muswell Hillbillies
• "Crickets", a song by Drop City Yacht Club from their 2013 EP Crickets
• Cricket (magazine), an American children's literature magazine
• Cricket Media, the publisher of the magazine and other children's media
• Cricket (video game series), a series of cricket sports games by EA Sports
• Cricket (darts), a game using the standard dartboard
• "Crickets", slang for total silence or a complete lack of response, referencing the sound of crickets

People

• Cricket (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname
• Cricket (surname), a list of people with the surname
• Cricket (The Young and the Restless), a character on the American soap opera, also known as Christine Blair
• Buddy Ebsen (1908–2003), American actor and dancer sometimes known as "Cricket" early in his career

Places

• Cricket, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in the United States
• Cricket, a hamlet in the parish of Cricket St. Thomas, Somerset, England
• Cricket St. Thomas, a village and parish in Somerset, England
• Cricket Malherbie, a village in Somerset, England
• Cricket Hill, a number of hills in various countries

Sports and games

• Forms of cricket, including Test cricket, One Day International, and Twenty20
• Indoor cricket, a variant played inside a netted arena
• Blind cricket, a version adapted for blind and partially sighted players
• Cricket (darts), a popular darts game sometimes played as a pub game
• Croquet, a lawn game occasionally referred to as "cricket" in some historical contexts

Transportation

• Plymouth Cricket, a captive import version of the Hillman Avenger sold in North America
• HMS Cricket, several ships of the Royal Navy
• Cricket (steam locomotive), an early locomotive built in 1827
• USS Cricket (1862), a steamboat used by the United States Navy during the American Civil War
• Cricket (train), a former commuter rail service in the Chicago area

Other uses

• Cricket (roofing), a ridge structure designed to divert water on a roof
• Cricket (stool), a low wooden footstool
• "Not cricket", a British idiom meaning unsporting or unfair behavior
• Cricket (dance), a tap dance step or a movement in other dance styles
• Cricket (campaign), a code name for a series of Allied deception operations during World War II
• Cricket (mascot), the mascot of the United States Navy's Fighter Squadron 31

See also

• Cricketer (disambiguation)
• Crick (disambiguation)
• Kriket