maiden over
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of maiden over
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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No maiden over this time, as Pujara knocks a couple of runs off his pads.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2020
He stays at home for another maiden over.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2019
If no runs are scored in an over, the bowler has bowled a maiden over.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2019
He sends down a tidy maiden over to Matt Prior. Plenty of empty seats at the MCG today...
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2010
Any over during which no runs are earned from the bat is said to be a "maiden" over, and is scored to the credit of the bowler as an evidence of good bowling.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 by Various
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