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Glossary of cricket terms

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Glossary of cricket terms

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''Young Cricketer''. &quot;Yes, I cocked one off the splice in the gully and the blighter gathered it.&quot;<br />

Father. "Yes, but how did you get out? Were you caught, stumped or bowled, or what?" Cartoon from Punch, 21 July 1920.]]

This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of cricket. Where words in a sentence are also defined elsewhere in this article, they appear in italics. Certain aspects of cricket terminology are explained in more detail in cricket statistics and the naming of fielding positions is explained at fielding (cricket).

Cricket is known for its rich terminology. Some terms are often thought to be arcane and humorous by those not familiar with the game. NOTOC

A

B

A worn ''ball''
A typical cricket bat, showing the front and back with the main parts labelled
A ''batter'' ducks under a ''bouncer''.

C

A wheeled ''cover'' being removed from the ''pitch''
Diagram showing the locations of the ''crease'' lines on the ''pitch''

D

A left-handed ''batter'' plays a ''drive'' shot through the ''covers''

E==

F

Diagram of a typical oval ''field''

Such unintentional shots can frequently fool the wicket keeper and may often fortuitously result in runs.

:

G

A batter takes guard

H

Typical cricket helmets in use

howzat?

I

J

K

  1. "Keep wickets in hand", which is when a batting team tries to have relatively few of its batters get out. Usually done so that more run-scoring risks can be taken near the end of their innings in a limited-overs match, since they will have many batters left and only a few balls left.}}

L

Cricket ''lengths''

M

N

O

Animation of an ''off break'' delivery

P==

''Pads'' used by a ''wicketkeeper'' (left) and a ''batter'' (right)
A ''pink ball''

Q

R

A ''red ball''
A ''groundsman'' applies a ''roller'' to the ''pitch'', while another paints the ''popping crease''

chase

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S

SENA

View along a ''pitch'' showing the ''sight screen'', which provides a plain white background behind the ''bowler'', to help the ''batter'' see a ''red ball''

T

U

An ''umpire'' signalling a ''dismissal''

V

W

A worn ''white ball''
Diagram of a ''wicket'' composed of ''stumps'' and ''bails'' – ball shown for scale
A ''bowler'' delivering ''wrist spin''

Y

Z

Notes

References

Printed sources:

  • Booth, Lawrence Arm-ball to Zooter. A sideways look at the language of cricket, pub. 2006, Penguin.
  • Rundell, Michael The Wisden Dictionary of Cricket, Third edition, A & C Black, London, 2006.
  • Piesse, Ken the Extraordinary Book of Australian Cricket, Penguin, Australia.

Websites:

References

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  41. "daisy cutter".
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  65. "Mullygrubber".
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  91. ""No one is a walking wicket," R Ashwin answers why teams find it difficult to clean up the tail".
  92. "He taught us to value our wicket".
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