innings

/ ˈɪnɪŋz /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) cricket

   1. the batting turn of a player or team

   2. the runs scored during such a turn

2. (sometimes singular) a period of opportunity or action

3. (functioning as plural) land reclaimed from the sea

Example Sentences

Tazmin Brits, one of the 10 South Africa players to make a single-figure score last week, hit a brilliant 101 - her fourth one-day international century in five innings and fifth this year.

From BBC

He worked the fourth and fifth innings, left the mound with the Dodgers down by five runs, and quietly asked the plate umpire for a baseball on his way out.

From Los Angeles Times

“What Glas did tonight, it’s not easy to do. And so for him to give us the innings he gave us tonight was huge,” third baseman Max Muncy said.

From Los Angeles Times

Ohtani, of course, had pitched plenty before that Sept. 16 game at Dodger Stadium, when he spun five no-hit innings against a Phillies team on the verge of a National League East division title.

From Los Angeles Times

Two innings later he led off with a squibber up the third-base line that was going foul before it hit the bag for a single, starting a four-run rally that put the game away.

From Los Angeles Times