In cricket and baseball, a set period or division of the game where a team gets to bat; also means a period of time or opportunity.
From Old English 'inn' (within, inside) + '-ing' (the act of). Originally meant 'the action of entering or being within.'
In cricket, a batsman's 'innings' is their turn at bat—but the word 'innings' is used as both singular and plural, which confuses Americans. The baseball world borrowed the term but made it 'inning' (singular), showing how sports create language variants.
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