Hold up an end

Hold up an end is a term used in cricket to describe the situation of a long game. In some cases, teams choose a defensive strategy, and opponents do not force events, supporting them in this. It turns out that the game is held up for a long time, after which someone scores points, which leads to its immediate end.

Surely it never hurts to be careful. Nevertheless, matches of this type are boring enough for the spectators and dangerous for the adherents of this strategy themselves by the loss of game control.