An innings is one of the divisions of a cricket match during which one team takes its turn to bat.
Innings also means the period in which an individual player bats (acts as either striker or nonstriker).
The earliest known record of the term concerns a match in August 1730 at Blackheath, Kent between a Kent side and London Cricket Club.
The London-based St. James Evening Post reported: "'Twas thought that the Kentish champions would have lost their honours by being beat at one innings if time had permitted".
[5] The term is also used with the meaning of "score" for both the team and each individual batsman.