not cricket
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It is not cricket or politics that triggers the most ardent debate in Antigua and Barbuda.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025
I'm very sporty like James, like Alf Wight, but not cricket.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2022
At the time, most houses kept their storefronts partially covered with drab fabric and speaking to the media was not cricket.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2020
Rare, almost always accidental and, we’ve got to say it once in this guide, just not cricket.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2019
The navy sulked for a while, because they held that Russo's treatment of the Andorinha was not cricket, or baseball, or whatsoever game appeals most to the Brazilian sportsman.
From The Stowaway Girl by Louis Tracy
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