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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follow on

Sports; Cricket

A team which bats first in the second innings, after having batted second in the first innings, is said to have followed on. The captain of the team batting first in the first innings may direct the ...

forward short leg

Sports; Cricket

A fielding position, which is in front of the batsmen's popping crease, close in to the pitch.

four

Sports; Cricket

A ball which crosses the boundary after having first touched the ground scores four runs. An umpire signals a four by an arm extended horizontally and waved briefly back and forth in a horizontal ...

french cut

Sports; Cricket

An attempt at a shot that tries to hit the bottom edge of the bat in order to cut the ball so it goes into the area behind square leg.

full toss

Sports; Cricket

This is a throw by the bowler that does not hit the ground before it reaches the batsmen. The batsman is free to swing at the ball and to try and hit it over the boundary.

golden duck

Sports; Cricket

The term for when a batsman is out on the first pitch of an innings.

good length

Sports; Cricket

A ball which is neither short pitched nor over pitched, thus making an attacking shot more difficult and risky. Against a slow bowler, a good length ball might pitch 6-8 feet in front of the batsmen. ...