Cricket terminology - Punch cartoon - Project Gutenberg eText 17596

This is a general

glossary A glossary (from grc, γλῶσσα, ''glossa''; language, speech, wording) also known as a vocabulary or clavis, is an alphabetical list of Term (language), terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms. Tradi ...

of the terminology used in the sport of

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

. 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.''Glossary of cricket terms''
from the England Cricket Board retrieved 13 May 2008Cricket Academy – Glossary
from BBC News retrieved 13 May 2008 Some terms are often thought to be arcane and humorous by those not familiar with the game.Eastaway, p. 1. __NOTOC__

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. 2. Can also refer to a bowler ''pushing the ball through'', meaning they bowl it quicker (usually said of a spinner). See ''darting the ball in''.

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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:
''A glossary of cricket terms''
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''Glossary of cricket terms''
from the England Cricket Board
Cricket Academy – Glossary
from BBC News
"fielding positions"
from CricInfo {{DEFAULTSORT:Glossary of Cricket Terms Cricket Terms

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...