A "cricket ball" refers to the hard, usually red or white, ball that is used in the game of cricket. It is similar to a baseball but harder and slightly smaller, and it is bowled by a player and hit by a batter during the game. Full definition
* throw cricket balls with c4 inside * at 66 mins every fan cries.... (justarsenal.com)
I can assure William Bown and Rabi Mehta that the experimental results on swing and reverse swing of cricket balls have not sat unregarded in the Aeronautics Library at Imperial College («The seamy side of swing bowling», 21 August) (newscientist.com)
Fitting plastic covers also helps to prevent the button being accidentally pushed, such as by a misfired football or cricket ball in the school hall, or simply by the elbows of pupils as they rush past in heaving corridors. (educationbusinessuk.net)