What is meant by a maiden over in cricket?

Answer 1

A Maiden In Cricket Is when a bowler completes his over of six balls without conceding a run to the other team. A maiden is a very good thing to achieve and will boost teams chances of achieving their goals.

Answer 2

It is an all-dot over where no runs are scored.It simply means an over in which the bowler does not allow any runs. The term goes back to the concept of a maiden's purity (thus a pure, clean over--a maiden over). A maiden over is a good thing for a bowler, so it is normally tracked as part of that bowler's statistics.

Answer 3

A "Maiden over" is one in which the bowler has prevented the batting team from scoring any runs off him.

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Answer 4

Maiden Over is the over in which no run is given by the bowler to the batsman. There may be extra runs like leg by and by runs etc.

Answer 5

A maiden over is one in which no runs are scored. Leg byes and byes scored in over are not counted for maiden over.