no-ball

noun Cricket.

1. an unfairly bowled ball.

noun

1. cricket an illegal ball, as for overstepping the crease, throwing, etc, for which the batting side scores a run, and from which the batsman can be out only by being run out
2. rounders an illegal ball, esp one bowled too high or too low

sentence substitute

3. cricket rounders a call by the umpire indicating a no-ball

verb

4. (tr) cricket (of an umpire)
   1. to declare (a bowler) to have bowled a no-ball
   2. to declare (a delivery) to be a no-ball