death rattle

death rattles (plural)
death-rattle (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-death rattle.wav

(cricket, by extension) The sound of a batsman’s stumps being broken, so called because this leads to the batsman’s dismissal.


roundarm

(cricket) An obsolete style of bowling where the bowler's arm is at right angles to the body at the point of delivery.


stroke play

Greg Chappell: the master bastman. Enthralled crowds all over the world with his glorious strokeplay.

1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 207:

(cricket) Batting, especially excellent batting.


Tigers

(cricket) The Bangladesh national cricket team.


long stop

long stops (plural)
long-stop (alternative)

(cricket) A fielding position, now confined to the amateur game, behind the wicket-keeper (so as to retrieve balls that the wicket-keeper misses); a fielder in this position


opening batsman

en-noun

opening batsman (plural opening batsmen)

(cricket) The first batsman of an innings.

(cricket) One of the first two batsmen of an innings.


on a pair

(cricket) Describing the status of a batsman who has made a duck in the first innings, and is yet to score in the second.


loosener

(cricket) A usually inaccurate delivery bowled early in a bowler's first over.


rib-tickler

rib-ticklers (plural)
rib tickler (alternative)
ribtickler (alternative)

(cricket, slang) A ball bowled short of a length that bounces up higher than expected and strikes the batter in the ribs.


Test side

(cricket) Any national cricket team that is authorized to compete in Test cricket.


Test cricket

From the idea that the long, gruelling matches are a trial of the relative strengths of the two sides.

(cricket) The highest level of international cricket, where Test sides compete against each other in five-day matches.


without troubling the scorers

Watson was caught and bowled for a fairly played eighteen, and Jardine again retired to the pavilion without troubling the scorers.

The PE teacher, the putative authority on all things sporting, went out, as they say, without troubling the scorers.

1993, Tom Raabe, Sports for the Athletically Impaired:

Mark Waugh came and went without troubling the scorers, leaving Australia at a perilous 2/16 with one man on the way to hospital.

He was brought down to earth in Georgetown, however, ten days later, suffering the indignity of being run out without troubling the scorers in the victory over British Guiana.

2003, James P. Coldham, Lord Hawke: a cricketing legend:

(informal, cricket) Describing the manner of the dismissal of a batsman who is out without scoring any runs


D/L

Duckworth-Lewis method
Duckworth-Lewis method#English

(cricket) Initialism of Duckworth-Lewis method.


bat out

en-verb

bat out (third-person singular simple present bats out, present participle batting out, simple past and past participle batted out)

bats out (present singular third-person)
batting out (participle present)
batted out (participle past)
batted out (past)

(cricket) to continue batting (normally to prevent what would otherwise result in losing a match)


TCCB

(UK, cricket, historical) Initialism of Test and County Cricket Board.


Old Trafford

(cricket) A cricket ground adjacent to the Manchester United stadium.


ask the question

ask the question (third-person singular simple present asks the question, present participle asking the question, simple past and past participle asked the question)

asks the question (present singular third-person)
asking the question (participle present)
asked the question (participle past)
asked the question (past)

(cricket, informal) To make an appeal to the umpire against the batsman.


go upstairs

go upstairs (third-person singular simple present goes upstairs, present participle going upstairs, simple past went upstairs, past participle gone upstairs)

goes upstairs (present singular third-person)
going upstairs (participle present)
went upstairs (past)
gone upstairs (participle past)

From the practice of the third umpire having a room with an elevated position.

(cricket, of an umpire) To request a decision by the third umpire (traditionally by making a sign of a TV set with the hands)


scorebox

(cricket) An enclosed structure in which the scorers sit; often behind the scoreboard


trouble the scorers

trouble the scorers (third-person singular simple present troubles the scorers, present participle troubling the scorers, simple past and past participle troubled the scorers)

troubles the scorers (present singular third-person)
troubling the scorers (participle present)
troubled the scorers (participle past)
troubled the scorers (past)

(cricket, informal, almost always in the negative) To score a run.


sixer

(cricket, colloquial) A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.


misfield

misfield (third-person singular simple present misfields, present participle misfielding, simple past and past participle misfielded)

misfields (present singular third-person)
misfielding (participle present)
misfielded (participle past)
misfielded (past)

The verb is derived from mis- (prefix meaning ‘badly; wrongly’) + field (verb). The noun is derived from the verb.

prefix

Coordinate term: mishit

(transitive) To field (“catch or intercept and play”) (a ball) clumsily or ineptly; in cricket this can result in the batsman scoring another run.

(intransitive) To field a ball clumsily or ineptly.

pelata pallo huonosti

(transitive) to field (a ball) clumsily or ineptly; (intransitive) to field a ball clumsily or ineptly


misfield

(baseball, cricket, rugby) A failure to field (“catch or intercept and play”) a ball properly.


cricket whites

(cricket) The traditional clothing worn by cricketers, consisting of white trousers, shirt and optionally sweater.


I can ascertain that even in the present era where T20 cricket has redefined spin bowling and spinners have started bowling doosras and teesras and fire the deliveries in, you can expect Bishan Singh Bedi to stick to his original definition, and insist that, 'A spinner is one who turns the ball...'

2021, Neha Bedi, Sachin Bajaj, The Sardar of Spin:


Snickometer

Snickometers (plural)
snickometer (alternative)

In cricket, there is the "third eye" to decide close run-out decisions, and also Channel 4 is introducing a technological innovation called Snickometer designed to end debates whether or not a batsman has actually made contact with the ball.

1999 July 7, L. Hibbert, “Decisions you can't argue with”, in Professional Engineering, volume 12, number 13, →ISSN, pages 26–27:

Alongside the snickometer moments there was the Saturday morning Roadshow, the Analyst, Jargonbusting, a sympathetic interview, an orginal feature, an e-mail question answered.

2002, Mark Nicholas, Jargonbusting: Mastering The Art of Cricket, Channel 4 Books, foreword of original by Simon Hughes, →ISBN, Foreword, page 6:

And we have the Snickometer to put beyond doubt whether the batsman touched the ball with his bat or gloves and not his ear or his arse.

2007, Robert MacGregor, I Can't Take Any More Crap!, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, Umpiring, Cricket, Test Matches, Bad, page 237:

(cricket) a device that combines slow-motion video and a graphical representation of sound waves recorded from stump and pitch microphones to determine whether a small noise (a snick) occurred as the ball passed the bat and/or pad, and thus whether the batsman made contact with the ball.


stonewaller

(cricket) A particularly obstructive blocker.


gluepot

gluepots (plural)
glue-pot (alternative)


notcher

From notch + -er. Cricket scorers originally kept score by making notches in wood.


runathon

(informal, cricket) A match in which a large number of runs are scored


runscorer

South Africa's leading runscorer Jacques Kallis, who captained the side for one Test against Australia in Johannesburg three years ago, will be skipper in Cape Town.

2009 March 13, AAP, “Aussies relax amid Proteas' captain chaos”, in Herald Sun:


on the front foot

(cricket, of a batsman) Having the weight on the front foot in order to play an attacking stroke


bodyliner

(cricket) A bowler who uses bodyline tactics.


across the line

(cricket) Describing the action of a batsman in moving the bat in a direction lateral to that of the incoming ball


number four

Burmese: နံပါတ်ဖိုး (nampathpui:)


c&b

Caught and bowled
caught and bowled#English

(cricket, on a scorecard) Initialism of Caught and bowled.


DRS

Decision Review System
w:Umpire Decision Review System

(cricket) Initialism of Decision Review System.


UDRS

Umpire Decision Review System
w:Umpire Decision Review System

(cricket) Initialism of Umpire Decision Review System.


Trent Bridge

(cricket) A cricket ground in a suburb of Nottingham, England


MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club
w:Marylebone Cricket Club

(cricket) Initialism of Marylebone Cricket Club (the former governing body of cricket).


short stuff

(cricket) Deliveries that bounce relatively far from the batsman or batswoman.


half-century

He brought up his half-century with a powerful drive past offspinner Dan Cullen, whose seven overs cost 0-52.

2009 January 30, AAP, “Vics make great start despite Rogers loss”, in Herald Sun:

(cricket) A score of 50 runs by a single batsman in one innings


fielding circle

en-noun

fielding circle (plural fielding circles)

(cricket, in a one-day match) A line, marked on the field, consisting of two semicircles around each wicket joined by parallel lines, outside of which there may be no more than two fielders


skittle out

en-verb

skittle out (third-person singular simple present skittles out, present participle skittling out, simple past and past participle skittled out)

skittles out (present singular third-person)
skittling out (participle present)
skittled out (participle past)
skittled out (past)

(cricket, transitive) To dismiss (batsmen) quickly.


outground

(cricket) Alternative spelling of out ground


fieldsman

The batsmen took an easy single as the ball approached the fieldsman but Gambhir called for a second on the throw and Franklin uprooted the non-striker's stumps.

2009 March 19, AAP, “India 4-278 at stumps”, in Herald Sun:

Radley pulled it, as a great laugh went up, to the very spot from which the fieldsman had been removed.

I timed it successfully, and had no doubt of having added four to my score, when, to my astonishment, I saw a fieldsman running from the direction of the hedge.

1920, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 14th, 1920:

Watch the flying fieldsman, Keen to save the fourer, Gallop past the wooden box Sacred to the scorer!

William Grey, 1; Samuel Long, 2; James Brown, 3; George and John Simmons, one capital, the other so-so--an uncertain hitter, but a good fieldsman, 5; Joel Brent, excellent, 6; Ben Appleton--here was a little pause, for Ben's abilities at cricket were not completely ascertained, but then he was a good fellow, so full of fun and waggery!

1873, Various, The World's Greatest Books, Vol VI.:

(cricket, chiefly Australia, dated in UK) fielder


biffer

(informal, cricket) An attacking batsman.


follow-on

(cricket) The act of a captain forcing the other side to bat again immediately after their first innings.


grasscutter

(baseball, cricket) Synonym of worm burner (“a hard-hit ground ball”)


body line

en-noun

body line (countable and uncountable, plural body lines)

(cricket) The bodyline style of bowling.


red ball

* ("high-profile high-priority" sense) From a routing system on the Santa Fe Railroad in the early 1900s. Fast freight trains which were to receive priority routing were marked with placards depicting a red disc, and were called "red ball" trains.

Or are the red-ball and white-ball games diverging to the extent that it is possible to envisage a future where they are, to all intents and purposes, different sports?

2017 January 28, Jonathan Liew, “To cling together or drift apart? Red and white-ball cricket facing a divided future”, in The Daily Telegraph, London:

limited overs cricket
limited overs cricket

(cricket, journalism, metonymic, uncountable) first-class cricket, as distinct from limited overs cricket (or "white ball")


foothole

footholes (plural)
foot hole (alternative)

From foot + hole, possibly influenced by foothold.

The 24-year-old, who made three one-day appearances against Australia last summer, injured his ankle on Wednesday and further damaged it yesterday when he slipped in the footholes.

"The wicket didn't play too bad today. Day five is going to be the biggest worry. The footholes will get bigger as the day goes on."

(cricket) A hole in a cricket pitch made by the bowler's foot during the runup.


pitch up

en-verb

pitch up (third-person singular simple present pitches up, present participle pitching up, simple past and past participle pitched up)

pitches up (present singular third-person)
pitching up (participle present)
pitched up (participle past)
pitched up (past)

(transitive, cricket) To bowl (a delivery) on a fuller length.


red-inker

(informal, cricket) A not out batsman (whose score is recorded in red ink).


thirteener

thirteeners (plural)
Thirteener (alternative)

From thirteen + -er (suffix denoting people characterized by something, or people or things to which certain measurements or numbers apply).

affix

oner · twoer · fiver · sixer · Sevener · niner · tenner · elevener · twelver · fourteener · fifteener · sixteener · hundreder · thousander · twenty-five-thousander

[A. C.] King once hit a "thirteener" in a match on the school ground. Probably the ball got lost for a minute or two in long grass, or perhaps it was badly overthrown. But, however it happened, there stands the score in the official book, a "13." clearly got in one fell swoop by the hard-hitting King.

1908 August 29, George A. Wade, “Notable Cricket Feats by Schoolboys”, in The Boy’s Own Paper, volume XXX, number 48 (number 1546 overall), London: “Boy’s Own Paper” Office, […], →OCLC, page 765, column 1:


fag out

en-verb

fag out (third-person singular simple present fags out, present participle fagging out, simple past and past participle fagged out)

fags out (present singular third-person)
fagging out (participle present)
fagged out (participle past)
fagged out (past)

(cricket, obsolete) To come on as a fielder at the behest of a senior student in British schools.


leg before

Leg before wicket
leg before wicket#English

(cricket, colloquial) Leg before wicket.


out ground

Out ground cricket these days is not particularly fashionable for counties…

2006, Edward Craig, Out of town but not out of favour, Cricinfo

I love playing at out grounds because there is always a festival feel about the ground and they always have endearing, if not quirky, characteristics.

2011, Luke Sutton, Luke at county cricket: That festival feel at Chesterfield and Dhoni's hair-raiser, Daily Mail

His best performance came at another out ground, St George's Road in Harrogate.

2013, Andrew Glover, Remembering Yorkshire County Cricket Club's out grounds, BBC:

(cricket) A ground other than a team's home ground, used for occasional matches.


how's that

(cricket) Used to make an appeal to the umpire as to whether the batsman is out or not


lower order

(cricket) The batsmen, constituting the tail, who bat last - roughly in positions 8 to 11.


nervous nineties

I have never found anything particularly significant in the term nervous nineties for I firmly believe that a batsman should treat every ball on its merits, be his score 9 or 90.

Watson nearly fell again in the nervous nineties when Bresnan took an overhead catch at long off when the all-rounder was on 90 but the fieldsman tumbled over the rope and a six was declared.

2013, Chris Barrett, “Shane Watson belts brutal century as George Bailey sets record against James Anderson”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

(cricket) The set of individual scores between 90 and 99, when a batsman may play badly due to feeling pressure to convert the score into a century.


soft hand

(cricket) A grip on the bat that merely stops the ball moving towards the wicket


military medium

When TV cricket is dull—and even on the Saturday of the Lord's Test most of the bowling was "military medium" and most of the batting was of the prod and push variety—I take refuge in the verbal gymnastics of the commentators.

A total of 109 was never going to be enough for Cuba, let down by their baseball-style batting again, and they couldn't cope with the military medium bowling of our imbedded Telegraph journalist Tony Francis, another son of Leicester, who made a remarkable five for nineteen, which made his day too.

(cricket) Straight, medium pace (bowling).


go up for

go up for (third-person singular simple present goes up for, present participle going up for, simple past went up for, past participle gone up for)

goes up for (present singular third-person)
going up for (participle present)
went up for (past)
gone up for (participle past)

the keeper went up for a caught behind

(cricket, informal) Of the fielding side, to appeal for the batsman or batswoman to be out.


Banglawash

New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2010–11

From Bangla + wash. Coined in October 2010 by commentator Athar Ali Khan, who used the term to describe a 4–0 victory against New Zealand.

It gave their fans enormous belief, and it also made them hungry for more. For more Banglawashes.

2015 June 24, Agency, “India vs Bangladesh”, in Sunvilla Samachar, year 1, number 151, Ahmedabad, archived from the original on 2015-12-01, page 3:

Even though the spectators want nothing less than a Banglawash in the ODIs and T20Is, the reality is a bit different. Against a formidable side like South Africa, the chances of that happening is very low.

2015 June 28, Minhaz Uddin Khan, “Over-enthusiasm undermining Tigers' success”, in Dhaka Tribune, volume 3, number 76, page 26:

(cricket, informal) A whitewash by the Bangladesh national cricket team.


Banglawash

Banglawash (third-person singular simple present Banglawashes, present participle Banglawashing, simple past and past participle Banglawashed)

Banglawashes (present singular third-person)
Banglawashing (participle present)
Banglawashed (participle past)
Banglawashed (past)

The Tigers have made us proud by defeating the Black Caps in seven ODIs in a row and Banglawashed them once again in the three match ODI series yesterday at Fatullah (Sunday).

2013 November 6, Mazhar Uddin, quoting a fan, “Fans queue overnight for tickets”, in Dhaka Tribune, volume 1, number 223, page 13:

After 'Banglawashing' Pakistan, Bangladesh have now thrashed India to win their three-match One-Day International (ODI) series 2-0 with one match to go.

2015 June 22, Sandipan Banerjee, “Bangladesh should now get the respect which they truly deserve”, in CricketCountry.com, archived from the original on 2017-08-22:

(cricket, informal, of the Bangladesh national cricket team) To whitewash.


level-handed

...however incredulous most of us then were as to the chances of success the Colonials would have, all heartily applauded the pluck of young Australia in coming so far to play the game, level-handed, against the well-seasoned skilled cricketers of old England.

2014, John Stern, Marcus Williams, The Essential Wisden: An Anthology of 150 Years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, →ISBN:

I have got a single-wicket match on with Jackson " — he was the great bookmaker known as " Jock of Fairfield "— " for ,£5." I said : " You are surely not going to play him level-handed?

1894, Henry Custance, Riding Recollections and Turf Stories, page 119:


Duckworth-Lewis

Duckworth-Lewis method
Duckworth-Lewis method


round the wicket

Benaud, bowling round the wicket and pitching into the rough of Trueman's footholds, brought such a collapse that in 20 minutes to tea England virtually lost the game.

2011, Steven Lynch, Wisden on the Ashes: The Authoritative Story of Cricket's Greatest Rivalry:

around the wicket
around the wicket#English

(cricket) Alternative form of around the wicket


selectorial

No great selectorial issues have been decided.

2015 June 27, Vic Marks, “Australia’s Mitchell Marsh punishes Kent bowlers to disturb the peace”, in The Guardian:

(especially cricket) Relating to selection.


legside

Captain Simon Katich (35 off 26) swiped three legside sixes to keep the scoreboard ticking along until he was dismissed right at the halfway point of the innings to leave NSW at 5-67.

2009 January 17, AAP, “NSW earn top spot and home final after win over Victoria”, in Herald Sun:


through the gate

(cricket, slang) Through a gap between the bat and the batsman's shin pad.


cricketana

(cricket) Items relating to the game of cricket, especially collectibles.


donkey drop

(cricket) A pitch of the ball that aims to land it on the stumps from as great a height as possible, preferably with the ball descending behind the batsman standing at the crease.


zooter

From zoot (“rush, scoot”) + -er (agent noun suffix).

suffix

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-zooter.wav

The leg-spinner had talked about new mystery balls, giving them names like shooters and zooters.

1994 December 25, The Canberra Times, Canberra, page 14, column 4:

(cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg break bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.


I Zingari

From dialectal Italian i (“the”) + zingari (“gypsies”), since the English club had no ground of its own.

"Well, and what do you think of it all, my boy?" he inquired, fanning himself with a wide-brimmed grey hat which had I Zingari colours round it […]

1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 175 (1968 edition):

(cricket) Amateur Australian and English cricket clubs.


stodger

(cricket, slang) A batter who defends and scores slowly but reliably.


Hairgate

From Hair + -gate, after umpire Darrell Hair, who made the ruling.

(informal, cricket) A 2006 controversy around allegations of ball tampering in the Test match between England and Pakistan.


Kolpak

From Maroš Kolpak. A 2003 decision of the European Court of Justice which ruled that nationals of a country who have signed an association agreement with the EU have the same right of freedom to work as EU nationals.

(UK, cricket, rugby, often attributive) A player from an overseas country, such as South Africa or the Caribbean.


super over

(cricket) An over, typically involving a chosen subset of a team, used in some game formats, if a match would otherwise end in a tie


send in

en-verb

send in (third-person singular simple present sends in, present participle sending in, simple past and past participle sent in)

sends in (present singular third-person)
sending in (participle present)
sent in (participle past)
sent in (past)

To send (someone) into the thick of things, as:

(cricket) To send (a batsman) onto the field to bat.


Shaheens

(cricket) The Pakistan national cricket team.


nuffy

They didn't doubt my passion for the game - I was a cricket nuffy - but I needed to hear those words.

2013, Darren Lehmann, “I was a cricket 'nuffy' as are our youngsters, but they are willing to learn as well as entertain”, in Herald Sun:

In the South Australia squad Christian is known as a cricket nuffy, someone who loves talking about the game and playing it.

2010, Peter English, The man from Narrandera, ESPN Cricinfo:

Bailey hails ‘cricket nuffy’ Boof's history tests for keeping team learning, Zee News
Australian Test `debutant` George Bailey has hailed coach and `cricket nuffy` Darren Lehmann`s random history Tests for keeping the Australian team grounded and constantly learning.

(Australia, slang, cricket) Someone who an obsessive fan of a sport, particularly of cricket.


stump out

stump out (third-person singular simple present stumps out, present participle stumping out, simple past and past participle stumped out)

stumps out (present singular third-person)
stumping out (participle present)
stumped out (participle past)
stumped out (past)

(cricket, transitive) To put (a player) out by knocking down the stump or wicket.


wristspinner

(cricket) Alternative form of wrist spinner


open the batting

open the batting (third-person singular simple present opens the batting, present participle opening the batting, simple past and past participle opened the batting)

opens the batting (present singular third-person)
opening the batting (participle present)
opened the batting (participle past)
opened the batting (past)

(cricket) To be one of a pair of cricketers (batsmen) that start a side's innings, who are also known as the opening pair or openers.


wicket taker

(cricket) A person who takes a wicket in the game of cricket


outswinging

en-adj

outswinging (comparative more outswinging, superlative most outswinging)

more outswinging (comparative)
most outswinging (superlative)


runstand

(cricket) The number of runs scored by two batters in a partnership


Dilscoop

From the surname of Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, and scoop.

(cricket) A kind of batting stroke, aiming to go on one knee to a good length or slightly short of length delivery off a fast- or medium-paced bowler and 'scoop' the ball over the head of the wicketkeeper, straight towards the boundary.


carry out one's bat

en-verb

carry out one's bat (third-person singular simple present carries out one's bat, present participle carrying out one's bat, simple past and past participle carried out one's bat)

carries out one's bat (present singular third-person)
carrying out one's bat (participle present)
carried out one's bat (participle past)
carried out one's bat (past)

(cricket) To leave the wickets without having been put out.


supersub

supersubs (plural)
super sub (alternative)

(cricket) In non-standard cricketing rules, a substitute player who is able to come on and replace any player at any point during the game, and to take over the other player's batting and bowling duties.


long-slip

(cricket, dated) A fielder some distance behind and on the right of the batsman.


long-stop

long-stop (third-person singular simple present long-stops, present participle long-stopping, simple past and past participle long-stopped)

long-stops (present singular third-person)
long-stopping (participle present)
long-stopped (participle past)
long-stopped (past)

(intransitive, cricket) To field in the role of long stop.


boundary four

It meant England were crowned world champions by virtue of having scored more boundary fours and sixes - 26 to New Zealand's 17 - in the entire match.

2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London:

(cricket) A four scored by hitting the ball past the boundary (rather than an all-run four)


all-run four

(cricket) A four scored by the two batsmen running four times between the wickets


Black Cap

New Zealand stuck doggedly to a plan that centred on batting patience. Henry Nicholls' 55, and 47 from Tom Latham, held things together in the face of some probing England bowling.
The value of the Black Caps' pragmatism in reaching 241-8 was shown when England came to bat.

(cricket) A player for the New Zealand national cricket team


come to bat

come to bat (third-person singular simple present comes to bat, present participle coming to bat, simple past came to bat, past participle come to bat)

comes to bat (present singular third-person)
coming to bat (participle present)
came to bat (past)
come to bat (participle past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-come to bat.wav

In that case, the player who was called out for failure to come to bat properly is charged with having been put out, and whatever happened that resulted in the improper batter being put out goes into the scoring box of the batter who failed to bat in proper turn.

2015, Andres Wirkmaa, The Complete Baseball Scorekeeping Handbook, →ISBN:

(cricket, baseball) To have one's turn at bat.


baggy green

(cricket) The cap worn by members of the Australia Test cricket team


wickie

(sports, cricket, colloquial, British) A wicketkeeper.


one that goes the other way

en-noun

the one that goes the other way (plural ones that go the other way)

the one that goes the other way (canonical)
ones that go the other way (plural)


white ball

Kohli says that his white-ball batting is essentially an extension of his Test batting.

2017 January 28, Jonathan Liew, “To cling together or drift apart? Red and white-ball cricket facing a divided future”, in The Daily Telegraph, London:

Adil Rashid has put his ambitions for a Test return on hold and negotiated a new white-ball deal at Yorkshire after losing some of his appetite for the first-class game. ... “I’ve made the decision to just concentrate on white ball, something which makes me very happy and gives me the best chance of improving my cricket,” said Rashid.

2018 February 15, Ali Martin, Vithushan Ehantharajah, “Adil Rashid opts out of first-class cricket for 2018 season”, in The Guardian, London:

(cricket, metonymic) limited overs cricket, as distinct from first-class cricket


out for a duck

From the use of duck to mean a batsman's score of 0 in cricket.

The inevitable happened - I was out for a duck and was furious when I got back to the dressing room.

2012, Andrew Flintoff, Ashes to Ashes: One Test After Another:

The batsman out first ball is out for a duck, no matter how fervently and frequently he replays the awful moment in his mind's eye; a missed catch is a drop, however intricate and extenuating the context; and wickets claimed in the post-match bar do not count, even if the bowler believes them "deserved".

2013, Robert Winder, The Little Wonder: The Remarkable History of Wisden:

Shaw's five victims included Australian skipper, David Gregory, out for a duck.

2014, Philip Barker, Lord's Firsts: 200 Years of Making History at Lord’s Cricket Ground, page 98:

(cricket) Having batted no hits for the entire game.


bosie

(cricket, obsolete) Alternative form of bosey


platinum duck

(cricket) The score of zero runs after getting out on the first ball of a team's innings.


diamond duck

(cricket) Synonym of platinum duck (“score of zero runs after getting out on the first ball of a team's innings”)

platinum duck

(cricket) The situation where a batsman is dismissed without facing a ball (most usually run out from the non-striker's end, but alternatively stumped or run out off a wide delivery).


toe-crushing

en-adj

toe-crushing (comparative more toe-crushing, superlative most toe-crushing)

more toe-crushing (comparative)
most toe-crushing (superlative)

(cricket, slang) Of a delivery: directed at the feet of the facing batsman.


leg theory

(cricket, dated) The tactic of bowling at or near the line of leg stump, so as to cramp the batsman.


batting collapse

en-noun

batting collapse (plural batting collapses)

(cricket) A succession of batsmen or batswomen getting out without adding many runs to the team's score.


wicketkeep

en-verb

wicketkeep (third-person singular simple present wicketkeeps, present participle wicketkeeping, simple past and past participle wicketkept)

wicketkeeps (present singular third-person)
wicketkeeping (participle present)
wicketkept (participle past)
wicketkept (past)

The boy can seriously wicketkeep, but he can only just bat, and like Darren Berry before him he was born in the wrong generation.

2009, Jarrod Kimber, The Year of the Balls 2008: A Disrespective, page 33:

Obviously, I can wicketkeep as well if something happened to Tim.

2021 January 4, Scott Bailey, “Wade happy to live by opening move”, in The West Australian:


Lions

(cricket) The Sri Lanka national cricket team.


overbowl

overbowl (third-person singular simple present overbowls, present participle overbowling, simple past and past participle overbowled)

overbowls (present singular third-person)
overbowling (participle present)
overbowled (participle past)
overbowled (past)


long handle

Lucas again well set, being ultimately secured in his anxiety to give them the long handle, having played perfect cricket for his century.

1883, Uppingham School Magazine, page 236:

You may leave your ground even to fast bowling on slow wickets if you think you can bring off a hit by so doing, and generally hold the bat nearer the top and give her the long handle.

1889, Allan Gibson Steel, Robert Henry Lyttelton (Hon.), Cricket (page 77)

Tissera played two fine innings, of 53 and 17 not out and P. I. Peiris (30) wielded the long handle.

1999, S. S. Perera, S. Muthiah, The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket, 1832-1996, page 300:


superbat

When Tony Greig, in a meaningful and provocative interview, asked Sarfaraz background of betting and match-fixing, the Pakistan "superbat" categorically stated that it should start with Asif Iqbal and Gavaskar who, according to him, were the "original fixers"..

2017, K R Wadhwaney, Indian Cricket Controversies:

(cricket) A superb batsman or batswoman.


batting pad

(cricket) One of a pair of soft padded coverings that protect the legs of the person batting; a pad or bat-pad.


Hector protector

en-noun

Hector protector (plural Hector protectors)

Vaseline in the cricket shoes, chilli powder in his hector protector, that sort of thing is Australian cricket's natural method of correction.

2004 March 12, The Chaser, Sydney, page 20, column 3:

(cricket, slang) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder; a box.


run feast

Well, he and Sid had a run feast, putting on more than 400 runs together.

1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 146:

(cricket) A lengthy bout of scoring many runs.


pull shot

His stand-in [...] was felled by a pull shot struck with tremendus power by England pace bowler and tailend batsman, Dick Pollard.

1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 32:

(cricket) A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side.


strokemaster

(cricket, tennis) A player who hits the ball excellently.


orthodox spinner

orthodox spinner (plural orthodox spinners)


pad up

en-verb

pad up (third-person singular simple present pads up, present participle padding up, simple past and past participle padded up)

pads up (present singular third-person)
padding up (participle present)
padded up (participle past)
padded up (past)

Normally only one batsman is padded up and Dean Jones was listed to bat next.

1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 201:

(cricket, intransitive) To put on batting pads preparatory to taking the field to bat.


The Hundred

(cricket) A short form of professional cricket that lasts for 100 balls.


leg sweep

(cricket) A sweep shot played to the leg side


IPL

Indian Premier League
w:Indian Premier League

(cricket) Initialism of Indian Premier League.


six-stitcher

Monte’s nose was lumpy from where a cricket ball had broken it. ‘A real six-stitcher too, Mr Delarue.’

1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 33:


collar the bowling

collar the bowling (third-person singular simple present collars the bowling, present participle collaring the bowling, simple past and past participle collared the bowling)

collars the bowling (present singular third-person)
collaring the bowling (participle present)
collared the bowling (participle past)
collared the bowling (past)

Heatley and Baines then got together, and succeeded in collaring the bowling, and put on 60 before they were separated, and, when Heatley was caught far out for 38, the score stood at 151.

The fact was that Mr. Bruce and Mr. Whitmore (who was stupidly run out in the first innings, else the same thing might not improbably have happened then) went in first, and collared the bowling in the first twenty minutes, […]

1872, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume 22, page 166:

(cricket) (Of a batsman) to hit the bowled balls to all parts of the field.


runscoring

Philippe's innings, which included five fours and one six, moves him to the top of the runscoring charts for this summer's tournament with 261 from seven innings.

2021 January 4, Ed Jackson, “Aussie call-up matter of time for Philippe”, in The West Australian:


RRR

en-noun

RRR (countable and uncountable, plural RRRs)

required run rate
required run rate#English

(cricket) Initialism of required run rate.


Wallaroo

(Australia, cricket) Someone who plays for the Australia women's national rugby union team.


Men in Blue

(cricket) The India national cricket team.


Gorkhalis

(cricket) The Nepal national cricket team.


Rhinos

(cricket) The Bangladesh national cricket team.


Chevrons

(cricket) The Zimbabwe national cricket team.


Southern Stars

(cricket) The Australia women's national cricket team.


White Ferns

(cricket) The New Zealand women's national cricket team.


slingy

en-adj

slingy (comparative more slingy, superlative most slingy)

more slingy (comparative)
most slingy (superlative)

A right-arm fast bowler with a slingy action not unlike Lasith Malinga's, Rubel Hossain began by playing tapeball cricket in his home town of Bagerhat (in Khulna), […]

2011, Steven Lynch, The Wisden Guide to International Cricket 2012, page 144:

[…] who had forged a good reputation in the Lancashire League and also for Western Province in South Africa's Currie Cup cricket, where he batted middle-order and bowled brisk medium-pace with a slingy action.

2018, Alan Wilkins, Easier Said Than Done: A Life in Sport:

(cricket) Tending to bowl the ball with a slinging action, i.e. faster but less accurate.


Bazball

From Baz + ball, Baz being the nickname of New Zealand cricketer and coach Brendon McCullum.

BRENDON McCullum has referred to ‘Bazball’, the playful term coined in homage to England’s new Test head coach, as ‘silly’.

[2022 July 9, “England's McCullum dismisses ‘Bazball’ as ‘silly’”, in Manchester Evening News, Glasgow, page 41:

THE effects of Bazball can already be seen in the wider cricketing world, too. No sooner had Ben Stokes put out a call to arms telling county cricketers they had to play his way to get in the England team comes evidence of a response from Dom Sibley.

2022 July 13, Paul Newman, “World of Cricket”, in Daily Mail, London, page 70:

The focus on Bazball may have damaged England's chances at the World Cup – but it is "seemingly now also part of the solution".

2023 November 18, “Cricket: what the white-ball side can learn from Bazball”, in The Week, Bath, page 24:

The debate about ‘Bazball’ is absurd: for professional sport to survive it has to be entertaining, and aggressive cricket is undoubtedly far more entertaining than defensive cricket.

2024 April 6, Roger Alton, “County cricket needs Bazball”, in The Spectator, London:

(cricket, informal, slang, neologism) An aggressive run-scoring approach to cricket.


KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders
w:Kolkata Knight Riders

(cricket) Initialism of Kolkata Knight Riders.


celebrappeal

(cricket) An overenthusiastic appeal in the form of a celebration, without waiting for the umpire to give the batter out.


celebrappeal

en-verb

celebrappeal (third-person singular simple present celebrappeals, present participle celebrappealing, simple past and past participle celebrappealed)

celebrappeals (present singular third-person)
celebrappealing (participle present)
celebrappealed (participle past)
celebrappealed (past)

(cricket) The act of making a celebrappeal.


Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method

An extension of the Duckworth-Lewis method by Australian statistician Steven Stern.

(cricket) A mathematical algorithm for generating revised target scores for the side batting second in a rain-affected one-day match.


D/L/S

Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method
Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method


timeless Test

(cricket) A match of cricket which is played under no limitation of time, until one side wins or the match is tied.


paddle scoop

(cricket) An unorthodox modern cricketing shot in which the player's body is positioned square-on with the ball, both feet pointing towards the bowler, and the player uses the bat to deflect the ball over the batter's leg side shoulder, thus guiding it towards the fine leg region.


Marillier shot

Named after Zimbabwean batsman Dougie Marillier, said to have developed the shot.


bat deep

bat deep (third-person singular simple present bats deep, present participle batting deep, simple past and past participle batted deep)

bats deep (present singular third-person)
batting deep (participle present)
batted deep (participle past)
batted deep (past)

I thought they were a brilliant side to watch. They might have been a bit regimented in the way they went about things but they had pace with the ball and in the field, and they batted deep, with guys like Mark Boucher, Lance Klusener and Shaun Pollock often coming in at numbers seven, eight and nine.

2010 October 28, Hachette New Zealand, Shane Bond - Looking Back, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

(cricket, of a team) To have a significant number of talented batters, even batting low in the order.


beer match

(cricket) A friendly cricket match to fill time after a scheduled game that ends early, sometimes played with unusual variations of the rules.


odds match

(cricket) A match in which one side has more players than the other.


drinks waiter

(cricket, humorous) Synonym of twelfth man


SENA

(cricket) Abbreviation of South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia.


required run rate

en-noun

required run rate (plural required run rates)

Coordinate term: net run rate

(cricket) The average number of runs per over that the batting side must achieve in order to win the present match.


net run rate

Coordinate term: required run rate

(cricket) The average run rate scored by a team minus the average run rate scored against them.


pie thrower

(cricket, informal) Synonym of pie-chucker


sun ball

sun in his eyes
have the sun in one's eyes

(baseball, cricket) A high ball that is difficult to hit because the batter has the sun in his eyes.


toe-crusher

(cricket, slang) A delivery directed at the feet of the facing batsman.


walking wicket

(cricket, slang) A batter who performs very badly.


nipbacker

nipbackers (plural)
nip-backer (alternative)

(cricket, slang) A delivery that pitches outside the line of off stump then deviates off the seam, moving towards the batter.


pea roller

(cricket) A now-illegal delivery where the ball is rolled along the ground rather than bowled overarm.


perfume ball

From the idea that the ball passes close enough for the batter to smell it.

(cricket, slang) A bouncer on or just outside off stump that passes very close to the batter's face.


quarter seam

(cricket) A small join that runs around a cricket ball at 90 degrees to the main seam, and has no stitching.


beat the bat

en-verb

beat the bat (third-person singular simple present beats the bat, present participle beating the bat, simple past beat the bat, past participle beaten the bat)

beats the bat (present singular third-person)
beating the bat (participle present)
beat the bat (past)
beaten the bat (participle past)

(cricket, informal) Of a ball: to just barely avoid being struck by the bat, through sheer luck.

(cricket, informal) Of a bowler: to deliver such a ball.


cafeteria bowling

Referring to the practice of selecting food from a counter in a cafeteria.

(cricket, slang) Poor-quality bowling which is easy to hit, allowing the batters to help themselves to runs.


buffet bowling

cafeteria bowling
cafeteria bowling#English

(cricket, slang) Synonym of cafeteria bowling


fourth stump

(cricket) A position or line one stump's width outside the off stump, i.e. where the wicket's fourth stump would be positioned if it existed.


fast bowling

(cricket) The kind of bowling done by a fast bowler.


declaration bowling

(cricket) Deliberately poor bowling from the fielding team, with the intention of allowing the batters to score runs quickly and thus encourage the opposing captain to declare, thereby giving both teams a reasonable chance of winning in a timed match which would otherwise be a draw.


pad play

(cricket) A style of play in which the pads, rather than the bat, are deliberately used to deflect the ball away from the wicket.


daddy hundred

England scored 537 courtesy of a daddy hundred by Len Hutton and Godfrey Evans.

2022, Yashaswee Raman, Test of Times: Reliving Indian Cricket History:

(cricket, slang) A batter's individual score that is substantially higher than a century (100).


fly slip

en-noun

fly slip (countable and uncountable, plural fly slips)

(uncountable) A position deeper than the conventional slips, between the slips and third man.


given man

(cricket, chiefly historical) A skilled player given by the stronger team in a match to the weaker team, as a form of handicap.


full pint

(cricket, slang) The situation where a stump is knocked completely out of the ground by a delivery.


Natmeg

Blend of Nat + nutmeg, named after Nat (Natalie) Sciver-Brunt, who popularized the shot. A nutmeg is a somewhat similar move in football.

Just as the World Cup did more to raise the profile of women's cricket than years of hard graft by those before it, the Natmeg elevated Sciver on to a platform almost overnight.

2018, Lawrence Booth, The Shorter Wisden 2018:

(cricket, slang) A shot where the batsman plays the ball between their own legs into the leg side.


check upstairs

en-verb

check upstairs (third-person singular simple present checks upstairs, present participle checking upstairs, simple past and past participle checked upstairs)

checks upstairs (present singular third-person)
checking upstairs (participle present)
checked upstairs (participle past)
checked upstairs (past)

The third umpire is typically seated high in the stadium, with replays displayed on elevated screens.

(cricket, informal) To invoke the Decision Review System.


flamingo shot

(cricket) A type of shot whereby the batter flicks the delivery from outside off stump through midwicket.


teesra

I can ascertain that even in the present era where T20 cricket has redefined spin bowling and spinners have started bowling doosras and teesras and fire the deliveries in, you can expect Bishan Singh Bedi to stick to his original definition, and insist that, 'A spinner is one who turns the ball...'

2021, Neha Bedi, Sachin Bajaj, The Sardar of Spin:

(cricket) A backspin delivery by a finger spin bowler.


day/night cricket

(cricket) Day-nighter matches generally.


devil's number

(cricket) A score of 87 runs, sometimes regarded as unlucky because it is 13 runs short of a century.


stock bowler

Coordinate term: strike bowler

(cricket) A bowler whose role is to restrict scoring rather than to take wickets.


arm ball

(cricket) A type of delivery, the finger spin equivalent of a wrist spinner's slider or zooter.


fast leg theory

(cricket) The bodyline approach to bowling.


helicopter shot

en-noun

helicopter shot (plural helicopter shots)

So called from the flourish completing the stroke, with the bat circled overhead like the blades of a helicopter.

(cricket) The act of hitting the ball with a wristy flick, using the bottom hand as the dominant force.


straight up and down

(cricket) Bowling at a medium or fast pace without swing or seam.


batriarchy

In its early days, T20 cricket had room for bowlers, be it through hard pitches that set fast bowlers' eyes alight or turners that saw spinners display their skills to the fullest. In today's world, the format has evolved so much that bowlers have almost zero say on the result of the games. The ongoing 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League is a prime example of how the format has become a 'batriarchy'.

2024 April 30, Ongama Gcwabe, “IPL 'batriarchy' robbing cricket fans of fair contests”, in Independent Online, retrieved 2024-01-08:

In the short term, at least, the batriarchy will probably be overthrown at some point. Totals will drop as the surfaces begin to wear later in the tournament.

2024 April 30, Jonathan Liew, “IPL's age of carnage may relent but cricket’s future can be seen amid the content”, in Guardian, retrieved 2024-01-08:

(cricket, humorous) A power structure which favours batters over bowlers.


genuine number eleven

genuine number eleven (plural genuine number elevens)


find the gap

en-verb

find the gap (third-person singular simple present finds the gap, present participle finding the gap, simple past and past participle found the gap)

finds the gap (present singular third-person)
finding the gap (participle present)
found the gap (participle past)
found the gap (past)
find the gaps (alternative)

(cricket) To play a shot or shots along the ground, in the spaces between fielders.


find the gaps

find the gaps (third-person singular simple present finds the gaps, present participle finding the gaps, simple past and past participle found the gaps)

finds the gaps (present singular third-person)
finding the gaps (participle present)
found the gaps (participle past)
found the gaps (past)

(cricket) Alternative form of find the gap


mullygrubber

(cricket) Synonym of grubber (“ball that bounces unusually low”)