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Cricket terms:

What is a bump ball in cricket?

Dot ball. a delivery bowled without any runs scored off it, so called because it is recorded in the score book with a single dot. Double. normally the scoring of a 1000 runs and the taking of 100 wickets in the same season.

What is the meaning of half volley in cricket?

A half volley is a ball pitched so far up to the batsman that he can drive it fractionally after it has hit the ground without having to move forward. A yorker is a ball pitched on or inside the...

What is a dot ball in cricket?

In cricket, a dot ball refers to a delivery in which the batsman does not score a run. According to WanderersCricket.com, the reason why the scoring of no runs is called a dot ball is because that is the way it is noted in the scorebook.

What is plumb in cricket?

Play on - When a batsman hits the ball but it goes on to hit the stumps and he is bowled. Plumb - When the batsman is clearly LBW, even at full speed, he is said to beplumb in front.

What is cow corner in cricket field?

From Cricinfo: Cow corner An unconventional fielding position, more commonly found in the lower reaches of the game, on the midwicket/long-on boundary. The term is thought to have originated at Dulwich College where there was the corner of a field containing livestock on that edge of the playing area.

What is the name of a cricket ball?

A cricket ball consists of cork covered by leather, and manufacture is regulated bycricket law at first class level. A cricket ball is made from a core of cork, which is layered with tightly wound string, and covered by a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam.

Why are there six balls in an over?

When cricket returned to England, they reverted to the six-ball rule. South Africa used eight-ball overs from 1938-39 to 1957-58, and Pakistan from 1974-75 to 1977-78. Even New Zealand went back to the six-ball over when cricket resumed after the war.

What is a Jaffa in cricket?

In cricket terminology a Jaffa is. an exceptionally well bowled, practically unplayable delivery, usually but not always from a fast bowler. Taken from the idea that a 'Jaffa' is the best type of Orange.

What is an arm ball in cricket?

An arm ball is a type of delivery in cricket. It is a variation delivery bowled by an off spin bowler or slow left-arm orthodox bowler. It is the finger spin equivalent of a wrist spinner's slider or zooter.

What do they call the start of a cricket match?

A game or day starts when the umpire at the bowler's end calls 'Play'. 'Play' is alsocalled to restart the game after an interval or interruption. Before an interval in or interruption of play, and at the end of a match, the umpire at the bowler's end calls 'Time' and removes the bails from both of the wickets.