What Is a Battle Royale in Esports?
A battle royale is a last-player-standing game genre where many competitors fight in a shrinking play zone until one survives. Here is how it works.
Author
Jim Smith
Cricket & Tennis Editor
Writing since 2019
MA, University of Warwick
35 articles
Jim Smith is a sports writer and editor who graduated from the University of Warwick in 2019 with a Master’s in Global and Comparative History. He has built his career on the editorial side of sports media, serving as site manager at Last Word on Cricket and deputy site manager at Last Word on Tennis, where his focus on the two sports he knows best shapes both his own writing and the work he commissions. He is happiest watching a match with a laptop open, turning the day’s play into a story.
Areas of expertise
Cricket
Test Cricket
Tennis
Grand Slams
Sports History
Also published at Last Word on Cricket, Last Word on Tennis
Latest from Jim Smith
What Is a Field Goal in Football?
A field goal is a kick through the uprights worth three points in the NFL. Learn how it works and how it differs from an extra point.
What Is a Flagrant Foul in Basketball?
A flagrant foul is unnecessary, sometimes excessive, contact against an opponent. It brings free throws, possession, and in serious cases ejection.
What Is a Three-Pointer in Basketball?
A three-pointer is a field goal made from behind the arc, worth three points. NBA, FIBA and NCAA set the line at different distances - here is each.
What Is a Wild Card in Tennis?
A wild card is a tournament entry granted at the organizer's discretion to a player who did not qualify by ranking. Here is how wild cards work.
What Is a Header in Soccer?
A header is when a player deliberately strikes the ball with the head to shoot, pass, or clear it, a legal and essential skill in soccer.
What Is a Corner Kick in Soccer?
A corner kick restarts play when the defending team last touches the ball over its own goal line without a goal, taken from the corner arc.
What Is a Century in Cricket?
A century in cricket is a score of 100 or more runs by a single batter in one innings, a milestone marking an outstanding individual performance.
What Is a Formation Lap in F1?
A formation lap is the single lap F1 cars complete before the race start to warm tyres and brakes, then return to the grid in their qualifying order.
What Is a Bunker in Golf?
A bunker is a sand-filled hazard designed to challenge golfers. Learn what a bunker is, the key rules for playing from one, and how to escape it.
What Is a Knockout in Boxing & MMA?
A knockout ends a fight when a competitor cannot continue after a legal strike. Here is how a KO differs from a TKO in boxing and MMA.
What Is an Undercut in F1?
An undercut in F1 is pitting before a rival for fresh tires to gain track position. Learn how it works, when it fails, and how it compares to the overcut.