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powerplay
n. (alternative spelling of power play English)
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Powerplay (cricket)
A powerplay is the name for the fielding restrictions in limited-overs and Twenty20 cricket.
Unlike Test cricket, the fielders are spread out to save runs in limited overs cricket. The powerplay rule (Restrictions on the placement of fieldsmen), along with a number of other factors, has contributed to the big scores (300+) in modern One Day Internationals.
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It turned out that it was quite as much of a mess of powerplay and intrigue as anything that he had encountered back on the planet.