Definition of "ball-by-ball" []

• Describing a commentary (especially on the radio) in which a commentator describes every ball bowled, every shot hit, and the positions of the fielders; normally assisted by a summarizer who describes the game as a whole and provides other comments and a scorer who keeps a record of all statistics (adjective)

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• "I've really enjoyed following the Ashes via TMS, the TV and video highlights (ITV 4, ECB and Cricket Australia), Twitter, the ball-by-ball webpages (Guardian and BBC), various blogs etc."
• "After four months abroad, including following the Ashes from South America among unmoved locals, the silver lining to the cloud of returning home on Sunday will be finally being in a country gripped by cricket fever and glued to ball-by-ball updates all day every day."
• "Or minutely editing field placings before going ball-by-ball for the final few overs of a T20 game."