Words & TermsSport and recreation
sundry
An extra run in cricket, such as a bye, leg bye, no-ball or wide.
In a sentence
The extras column showed twelve sundries by stumps.
Where it came from
From ordinary sundry “miscellaneous”; usually plural in the cricket sense. In cricket, sundries are runs added to the team total but not credited to a batter. The ANDC identifies sundry as part of Australian sporting vocabulary.
- Initial era
- 1800–1899
- Where used
- Australia-wide cricket usage
- Use today
- Current specialist cricket use