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All-Rounder: A batsman
who has the ability to bat and bowls both. Can also
refer to a batsman/wicket-keeper.
Around-the-wicket: When a bowler bowls with the
wicket on the other side of the body to the bowling
arm.
All Out: When a batting side has no more player to
bat, the state is called 'all-out', or end of the
innings.
Appeal: A call by a player to an umpire for a
decision on any playing matter. Usually it is 'How's
that' by the fielding side, asking umpire to declare
a batsman 'out'.
Away-Swinger: A bowling delivery which moves in the
air from leg to off, for left-handed batsman it
moves from off to leg.
Arm Bowl: Type of bowling by an off-spinner which
has little or no spin. Such bowl when bowled by
leg-spinner is called 'zooter'
Back Foot: Batsman's footwork when he has placed his
center of gravity onto the back foot to play a shot,
usually a defensive shot on a rising delivery.
Bails: Two small wooden cylinder-like pieces
balanced at the top of three vertical dowels or
stumps.
Bat carry: If one of the openers stays at the
crease, while all other batsmen are out; it is said
that he 'carried the bat'.
Batsman: A player who plays with the help of bat
different shots when the ball has been bowled,
usually in order to make runs.
Bowler: A player throwing the red, leather
ball at the batsman to play, aiming to get him out.
Box: A protector worn by batsman to protect his part
of body below the naval (genitals), type of guard,
like chest guard or thigh guard.
Beamer: A bowling delivery aimed directly at the
body or head of the batsman.
Beaten: When a batsman failed to strike or play the
ball, he is said to have been 'beaten' by the
bowler's skillful delivery.
Bouncer: A bowling delivery by a fast bowler which
is pitched short and rising towards the batsman's
head, or at least chest high. Also called
short-pitched delivery.
Boundary: Outer limit of playing area, like bowing
ring, soccer ground etc.
Break: A slow bowler's delivery which spins to
either side after hitting the pitch surface.
Bye: A run not scored by the bat, usually refers
when wicket keeper failed to stop the bowling
delivery, which allows a batsman to make run/runs,
whether bowl connected the bat or not.
Century: When a batsman scored 100 runs in one
innings.
Chinaman: Kind of leg-break delivery, when bowled by
a left handed bowler.
Call: When both batsmen communicate, in order to
refuse or confirm, for making run or runs, usually
by shouting "yes", "no", "wait".
Chop: Kind of shot played by a batsman, a form of
late cut.
Chucker: Illegal delivery by a bowler when he throws
to bowl instead of round-arm bowling according to
law.
Creeper: A ball runs along the ground, also known as
'shooter' or 'sneaker'.
Cut: kind of shot by a batsman.
Cover drive: A batting stroke directed towards the
cover area.
Deep: When fielder fields near the boundary e.g.
Deep Mid-on, Deep Cover, Deep Third Man etc.
Duck: When a batsman out without scoring any run.
Duck (Golden): Golden duck is referred when batsman
out on zero on the very first delivery.
Declaration: When a captain decides to close of an
innings when he still has wickets in hand i.e.
batsmen still remaining to bat.
Delivery: Act of bowling.
Drive: A stroke by batsman like 'cover-drive',
'on-drive'....
Edge: Outermost perimeter of the bat. Also refer to
a bowler's bowl when only just struck by the edge of
the bat.
Extras: Runs added to a team's total which are not
created by the bat/batsman e.g. bys, leg-byes,
no-ball, wide-ball etc.
Field: Playing area, also refer to a fielder or
positioning of the fielders.
Fine Leg: Field position whether short-leg or
long-leg.
Full Toss: Bowler's ball which doesn't hit the pitch
before reaching the batsman.
Finger Spin: A method which helps slow bowler to
spin the ball with the help of finger/fingers.
Flight: Kind of slow ball which has loop in the air,
dropped sharply onto the pitch in order to deceive
the batsman.
Full Blooded: Batting stroke played with full
physical power.
Good Length: In terms of length this bowling
delivery pitches in such a position that a batsman
faces difficulty to play stroke. Usually he plays it
defensively.
Googly: Leg break bowling to right-arm batsman, it
appear that the ball will spin leg to off or middle
to off, but instead it will spin in opposite
directions to deceive the batsman.
Grubber: A delivery after pitching the surface go
very low.
Half Volley: A bowling delivery which pitches very
near the bat that batsman has to strike the ball
immediately.
Hook: A batting stroke when played on side off the
short pitched delivery.
Howzat: "How's That?" An appeal by the fielding side
to the umpire asking for dismissal of a batsman.
Innings: Time period for batting by a team or
individual.
King Pair: A batsman is out on first ball for zero
in both innings, he begged King Pair.
Late Cut: With a horizontal bat a wristy stroke
played outside the off-stump in slip area.
Long Leg: Fielding position, near the boundary,
behind the wicket.
LBW: Leg Before Wicket. Method of dismissal credited
to the bowler. When Batsman failed to play the
delivery and ball struck on his leg which is just in
front of the wicket. It is up to umpire judgment to
give the batsman out or not under certain cricket
law.
Leg Break: On pitching a ball turns from leg to off.
Leg Cutter: A fast leg-break bowled by the seam
bowler.
Long Leg: Fielding position near the boundary on the
leg-side. A very deep fine-leg.
Long-Off, Long-On: Fielding positions near the
boundary on either side of the sightscreen at the
bowler's eng.
Maiden Over: An over in which no run is scored by
the batsman.
Night Watchman: When a wicket falls shortly before
close of play, a low-order batsman sent in to play
out time, in order to prevent a better batsman
risking his wicket.
No Ball: An illegal delivery under certain law. And
bowler has to bowl extra. A run is added to the
score.
Off-Break: When a ball turns from off to leg.
Off-Cutter: Fast off-break bowling cutting the
fingers across the seam of the ball.
Off-Drive: Drive on the front foot which hits the
ball between cover and mid-off.
On-Drive: Drive which hits the ball between
mid-wicket and mid-on.
Pitch: A specially prepared area, 5 feet width and
22 yards long, between the two sets of stumps.
Point: A close fielding position square with the
wicket on the off-side.
Pull: A force-full stroke sending the ball between
mid-on and mid-wicket.
Run: Unit of scoring.
Run-out: A method of dismissal not credited to the
bowler. When a batsman running for a run and failed
to reach the stumps in time, meanwhile a fielder, by
throwing the ball, hit the stumps.
Seam: The stitching around the circumference of the
ball that fasten together its leather segments.
Seamer: A bowler (medium or fast) who use the seam
to deviate the ball when it pitches.
Shooter: A ball does not rise off the ground after
pitching.
Short-Leg: A close fielding positions on the leg
side, it could be forward short-leg, backward or
square.
Slip: Fielding position on the off-side near the
wicket-keeper.
Square-Cut: A batsman's stroke which dispatches the
ball just backward of point.
Stumps: Three wooden sticks when surmounted by the
bails.
Sweep: Another stroke played off the front foot from
the crouch position on the leg side.
Tail: Lower order of players in the team of 11, who
are not selected for their specialized batting
skill.
Test Match: A contest of two innings per side in 5
days between the two full members of the ICC
(International Cricket Conference)
Tie: Match ended-up with equal runs scored by both
sides and with the team batting last having
completed its innings.
Top Spin: Leg-break bowling when ball gain pace
after bouncing but not to deviate literally.
Track: Substitute word for the cricket pitch.
Twelfth Man: An emergency fielder.
Wicket: Three wooden stumps having bails on top.
Wickets are pitched opposite and parallel to each
other, 22 yards apart. The term is also used to
describe the pitch.
Wicket-Maiden: An over in which no runs scored by
the batsman but at least one wicket falls.
Wide: A ball high over or wide of the wicket and it
must signaled by the umpire as "wide" and as a
penalty, a run is added to the score.
Yorker: A ball pitched just near the bat or
batsman's toes, batsman has to stop it very quickly
otherwise ball passes underneath the bat to hit the
wickets.
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