plural. A batter's score of two zeros or ‘duck's eggs’ in a cricket match of two innings. Frequently in a pair of spectacles. Cf. pair, n.1 2b †Also…

Cricket. = duck's egg, n. b.

Cricket. A score of no runs by a batter; (also) a tally of no wickets taken by a bowler.

Specific elliptical uses. Cricket. = a pair of spectacles at spectacle, n.1 7c.

In Cricket, the zero or ‘0’ placed against a batter's name in the scoring sheet when he fails to score; no runs; hence, generally in school-boy…

A zero; a cipher; (Cricket) †= duck, n.1 7 (obsolete). Also: a person of no importance; = cipher, n. 2. Now rare.

Cricket slang. (Short for duck's egg, n.). No score, nought; also, a player who fails to score.

Cricket colloquial. A batter's score of no runs, so called from the zero placed against his name in the score-sheet; = duck's egg, n. b. Hence figur…

Sport. colloquial. Cricket. = duck, n.1 7. rare.