Cricket

Cricket

Terms of or pertaining to the bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on a roughly circular field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. Each team takes it in turn to bat, in which they attempt to accumulate as many runs as possible, while the other team fields, attempting to prevent the batting team scoring runs.

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all out

Sports; Cricket

When an innings is ended due to ten of the eleven batsmen on the batting side being either dismissed or unable to bat because of injury or illness.

wrong footed

Sports; Cricket

When the batsman is initially moving either back or forward to a delivery and then has to suddenly change which foot he uses (back or front), he is said to have been wrong-footed. Usually applies to ...

getting one's eye in

Sports; Cricket

When the batsman takes his time to assess the condition of the pitch, ball or weather etc before starting to attempt more potentially risky strokes.

wrong foot

Sports; Cricket

When the bowling foot is the front foot the delivery is said to be bowled off the wrong foot. Such a bowler is said to bowl off the wrong foot.

off the mark

Sports; Cricket

When the first run is scored by a batsman, it is said that the batsman is off the mark. If a batsman gets out without scoring, it is said that the batsman failed to get off the mark.

wag

Sports; Cricket

When the tail (the lower order of the batting line-up) scores more runs than it is expected to, it is said to have wagged (an extension of the animal tail metaphor, "wikt:tail wagging the dog")

shot stop

Sports; Cricket

When the wicket keeper stands upfront, the fielder placed right behind the wicket keeper is called a Shot Stop. When the fielder stands outside the 30 yard circle he is called a Long Stop.