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cricket's way of saying everyone gets a turn, some turns just last five hours.
means a team or player's designated turn at batting, which ends when they're all out, declare, or run out of overs.
from from the plain old english idea of 'ins' — your side is 'in' while batting, the opposition is 'out' waiting to bowl; the plural-looking singular is a quirk british english kept even when americans dropped the s for baseball.
british vs americancricket says innings for both singular and plural
longest evera test innings once lasted over three days
life metaphorbrits use it for any long stretch of effort
declared not outa captain can end an innings voluntarily