innings
/ˈɪnɪŋz/
noun
- In cricket and baseball, a period during which a team or player takes a turn to bat and score runs.
- The home team scored 250 runs in their first innings.
- He played a brilliant innings of 120 not out.
- The pitcher struck out three batters in the top of the innings.
- A period of opportunity, activity, or influence, especially in someone's career or life.
- The old dog has had a fine innings and is still going strong.
- After a long and successful innings as CEO, she decided to retire.
- He had a good innings in politics, serving for over thirty years.