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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Back foot contact

Sports; Cricket

is the position of the bowler at the moment when his back foot lands on the ground just prior to delivering the ball.

Back foot shot

Sports; Cricket

A shot played with the batsman's weight on his back foot (i.e. the foot furthest from the bowler).

Back spin

Sports; Cricket

Delivery which has a rotation backwards so that after pitching it immediately slows down, or bounces lower and skids on to the batsman.

Bail

Sports; Cricket

One of the two small pieces of wood that lie on top of the stumps to form the wicket.

Ball

Sports; Cricket

Red for first-class and most club cricket, white for one-day matches (and, experimentally, women once used blue balls and men orange ones). It weighs 5½ ounces ( 5 ounces for women's cricket and 4¾ ...

Barbecue

Sports; Cricket

When a batsmen runs his batting partner out, generally with a poor call

Bat-pad

Sports; Cricket

A fielder who is in position close to the batsman on the leg side to catch the ball if it hits the bat, then the pad, and rises to a catchable height. Also a defence against being given out lbw, that ...