Meaning & use

inning

noun·Everyday

In baseball or cricket, one of the divisions of a game during which each team bats and fields.

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The home team scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Rain delayed the match after only two innings had been completed.

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In cricket, the plural innings is also used for a single team's turn at batting, unlike in baseball.

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