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A
All
out : used in recording the score to show that a side's innings has been
brought to an end through the dismissal of its batsmen by the bowling side.
Appeal:
to make a request to the umpire for his decision on
any of various matters; especially, to request a decision
as to whether a batsman is out.
B
Backlift:
the movement by which the bat is brought back-wards over the stumps before being swung
forward again as the batsman plays a stroke, especially an attacking stroke off the front
foot.
Bail:
either of the two pieces of turned wood that are laid across the top of a set of stumps to
form a wicket. Each bail is 4 3/8 inches long and should not project more than half an
inch above the stumps.
Ball:
the hard leather-covered ball with which the bowler
attacks the batsman's wicket in cricket.
a delivery of the ball by the
bowler, often with reference to its type or quality.
Bat:
the implement with which the batsman
strikes the ball and defends his wicket, consisting
of a hitting part (the blade) with a flat face and
a convex back. The blade of the bat
is made of wood and shall not exceed 41/4 inches/10.8cm.
at the widest part.
Bat-pad:a
close leg-side or off-side fielding position in front
of the wicket.
when
the ball hits both bat and pad
C
Castle: the wicket that a batsman
is defending.
Catch:
to take and keep hold of the ball after it has been hit by the batsman and before it has
made contact with the ground.
An act of catching the ball and
thereby dismissing the batsman who hit it.
Covers
: the entire area patrolled by cover point and extra cover.
Crease:
any of the lines marked on the ground at each end of the pitch and used to
indicate the limits of batsman’s ground or the area within which a bowler may fairly
deliver the ball.
D
Declare: Decision of the captain of
the batting side to close the innings before all ten
wickets have fallen.
Dismissal
: An act of taking a batsman’s wicket or of being involved in the
taking of a wicket, as by catching the ball.
Dot
ball: a ball from which no runs are scored and no wicket is taken, so
called because such a delivery is recorded with a ‘dot’.
E
Edge:
any of the sides of the blade of the bat, as opposed to the ‘meat’, sometimes
further distinguished as the ‘top’, ‘bottom’, inside’,
‘outside’ edge.
Extras:
Any runs that do not result, directly or indirectly,
from a scoring stroke made by the strikers; specifically,
runs credited to the batting side (but not to an individual
batsman) in respect of byes, leg-byes, no-balls, or
wides.
F
Feather bed: a very easy-paced wicket
offering no encouragement to the bowlers and providing
favorable batting conditions.
Fine
leg: a fairly deep leg-side fielding position (or the player occupying it)
behind the batsman’s wicket and close to the imaginary line separating the off and
leg sides of the pitch.
Full
toss:a ball bowled right up to the batsman so that it does not pitch
before reaching the bat.
G
Glide:
A Glance, especially one in which the bat is already at an angle at the moment of impact,
so that the ball is deflected smoothly off it with little or no movement of the
batsman’s wrists.
Glove
: to cause the ball to be deflected off one’s batting gloves, as by
mistiming a stroke, often thus presenting the fielding side with a catch.
Googly:
A ball bowled by a right-arm wrist-spin bowler that breaks from off to leg; an off-break
bowled with an (apparent) leg-break action.
Gully:
A Close off-side fielding position (or the player occupying it ) slightly behind the line
of the batsman’s wicket, between the slips and point.
H
Half-volley:
A ball that pitches just in front of the popping crease and comes straight on to the bat,
enabling the batsman to hit it shortly after it bounces with a minimum of danger or
difficulty.
Hat
trick: (also formerly hat feat) the act of dismissing three batsmen in
three consecutive deliveries.
Howzzat:
An interjection used by fielders when appealing to the umpire to give a batsman out.
I
Inside out: sending the ball into
the off-side area, especially between extra cover
and point, by playing slightly inside the line of
the ball with a downward swing of the bat, so that
the ball is deflected off the outside edge of the
ball.
K
King pair: a ‘ pair’ recorded by a
batsman who is twice dismissed without scoring off
the first ball he receives
L
Late cut : A delicate off-side stroke
played late.
Lbw:
Leg-before-wicket, leg-before a mode
of dismissal in which the batsman is given out if
he stops a ball, other than with his bat or hand,
which in the umpire’s judgement would otherwise have
hit the wicket.
M
Maiden(over)
:an over in which no runs are scored off the bat.
Midfield:
The part of the field between the area occupied by fielders in close catching positions,
and the area close to the boundary patrolled by ‘deep’ fielders.
Molly
Grabber: A fast ball that fails to rise significantly off the pitch but
comes quickly on to the batsman, often at a potentially painful height.
N
Nelson:
the score of 111 runs, made by a team or an individual player and generally believed to be
extremely unlucky.
Nightwatchman:
a late-order batsman who is sent in to bat ahead of his normal place in the order when a
wicket has fallen a short time before the close of play; the nightwatchman is usually the
most competent of the non-specialist batsmen and his function is to stay in as long as
long as possible so as to protect the wickets of players higher in the order until the
next day’s play.
O
One-short:
The call made by the Umpire in the event of either batsman taking a Short
run.
Opener:
Either of the first two batsmen of a batting side;
an opening batsman. Either of the bowlers who bowl
the first two overs in an innings.
Over:
A Stipulated number of fair deliveries,
usually six, bowled consecutively by one bowler from
one end of the pitch. Overs are bowled alternately
from each end of the pitch, no bowler may bowl two
overs consecutively.
P
Pad:
Either of a pair of protective coverings worn by batsmen and wicket-keepers to protect
their legs from above the knees to below the ankle.
Pitch
: The area of ground between the two sets of stumps. Like
‘wicket’ the term is used both for the playing area itself and for the quality
of its surface as this affects the behavior of the ball.
Plumb:
When a batsman is palpably leg before the wicket.
R
Rabbit: Late – order batsman with
little or no batting skill, a
tail- ender.
Return
catch: a catch made by a bowler off one of his own deliveries.
Run-out:
a mode of dismissal in which either of the batsmen
may be given out if in running or at any time, that
is when the ball is in play and he is out of his ground
and his wicket is put down by the opposite side.
S
Short Run: (also formerly short notch)
a run which either or both of the batsmen fail to
complete properly (by grounding the bat or part of
the body over the popping crease) before turning to
take another run.
Sight
screen: A large white movable structure, usually wooden but occasionally
made of other materials (such as canvas), which is placed close to and outside the
boundary directly behind either of the wickets in order to assist the batsman by enhancing
the visibility of the bowled ball.
Stump:
One of the three upright wooden rods which, with the
two bails laid across their tops, form one of the
two wickets used in a game of cricket. The stumps
are 28 inches/7.1 centimeters high. (excluding the
part below the ground)
T
Tail ender: A late-order batsman;
a member of the ‘tail’.
Top
edge: to hit the ball with the upper edge of the bat, especially when
hitting across the line of flight (as in a making a hook or pull) and misjudging the
height of the ball; the top-edged ball loses pace and lobs upwards off the bat, often
creating a chance for the fielding side.
U
Underarm:
Using a bowling action in which the arm ‘is swung nearly pendulum-wise very much as
it is at the game of bowls’ Originally all bowling was underarm.
W
Wicket: Either of the two targets
at which the ball is bowled in cricket and which the
batsman defends with his bat, each consisting of three
stumps set in the ground and surmounted by two bails,
the whole construction measuring 28 inches (71.1 centimeters)
high by 9 inches (22.86 centimeters) wide. The two
wickets are set up opposite and parallel to each other
at a distance of 22 yards/20.12m between the centres
of the two middle stumps.
Wrist spin: Spin imparted to the ball
mainly by movement of the wrist at the moment of delivery. The right-arm bowler’s
leg-break is achieved by means of wrist-spin, the ball usually being gripped by the first
three fingers and twisted from right to left. (chiefly by the third finger)
Y
Yorker:
A straight ball that passes underneath the striker’s bat, especially by pitching
right up to or just inside the popping crease.The bowler can attempt to deliver a Yorker
but the ball only becomes a Yorker if the batsman takes the bait and is induced to
misjudge the ball’s length, playing it either as a half-volley or a full toss.
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