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  • noun cricket A weather condition where the light is so poor that the umpires feel that to continue playing would be dangerous.

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  • Cricket jargon - a reason for interrupting play. If the umpires think the available light is poor enough that it may endanger the batsmen, they offer the batsmen the choice of continuing play or leaving the field.

    December 2, 2007