Meaning
Improvised street, yard, or beach cricket — a casual game got up with a homemade bat (often a piece of board or coconut branch), a tennis or 'compo' ball, and a marked-out wicket (a stump, a stone, or a drawn line). 'Bat an ball' is how most Jamaican children first learn cricket, playing in the road until a car comes or the ball goes over a fence.
Examples
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Di pickney dem a play bat an ball inna di road.
The children are playing street cricket in the road.
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Wi mek a bat outta board fi bat an ball.
We made a bat out of a board for our cricket game.
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Di ball gaan over di fence again inna di bat an ball.
The ball went over the fence again in the cricket game.
Origin
From 'bat' + 'ball'; improvised street/yard cricket. See [[cricket]], [[beach-cricket]].
How it’s used
Casual improvised cricket (street/yard/beach). See [[cricket]].