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All rounder = A player who is good at both batting and bowling.
Around the wicket = When a bowler bowls with the wicket on the other side of the body to the bowling arm.
Appeal = When a player cries 'How was that?' enquiring of the approproate umpire of whether a batsman should be given out. See law 27.
Bails = Items placed on top of the stumps which decide whether the wicket is down or not. See laws 8 and 28.
Ball = See law 5 for ball details.
Bat = See law 6 for details.
Batting crease = popping crease.
Bouncer = Another name for a fast short-pitched ball.
Boundary = Line, fence, rope, or clearly distinguished marking of the where the field of play ceases. There are no laws that govern the size of a cricket filed - however depending on the competition, different measurements are used. See law 19.
Bowled = See law 30 for details.
Bowling crease = See graphic on law 9.
Bye = See law 26 for details.
'Carry the bat' = If any of the openners stays while all the wickets are taken it's said that the he 'carried the bat'.
Century = When a batsman scores 100 runs in one innings.
Creases = See law 9 for details and a graphic.
Crowned = Another name for 'Hit wicket'. See law 34 for details.
Danger area = See law 42 for details and a graphic.
Dead ball = See law 23 for details.
Debut = When one plays their first cricket match it is refered to as their 'Debut'.
Declare = When the captain of the batting announces his innings closed before all batsmen being given out. See law 14
Dismiss = When a batsman is removed from batting by fitting the criteria set out in laws 30 - 39.
Drinks = A short pause for drinks. See law 16 for details.
Duck = When a batsman who scored no runs is dismissed.
Duckworth-Lewis = A complex system for dealing with rain interrupted games.
Extras = Byes, leg-byes, wides, and no balls.
Floater / Wrong one = A leg spin by an off spinner with the similar action as of off break (Saqlain's speciality). Basically there is no name in cricket terms for such a ball but that ball has been called a floater by Ramiz Raja and a "wrong one" by Suneel Gavaskar.
Follow-on = See law 13 for details.
Four = See law 19 for details.
Full toss = After being delivered from the bowler's hand, the ball reaches the batsman without striking the pitch.
Golden duck = Out for a Duck (see above) on the very first ball of the innings. (I have heard many definitions of a Golden duck and am unsure which is correct.)
Guard = A batsman asking for guard is wanting to know spots on the pitch that line up with different stumps.
Guggly = An off spin by a leg spinner with the similar action as of leg break.
Handled the ball = See law 33 for details.
Hat trick = When a bowler takes three wickets in three consecutive balls.
History = For information on cricket history, try one of the larger comercial cricket sites such as CricInfo.
Hit wicket = See law 35 for details.
Howzat? = Common call of players for an appeal. The correct way to appeal is 'How's that?' but 'Howzat?' is also accepted. See law 27. 'Howzat?' is just a shorter version of 'How's that?'
Innings = The period in which one side bats. A game of cricket requires at least on innings from each team. See law 12.
Intervals = See law 16 for details.
Law 43 = No such law. Sometimes refered to however when one is refering to common sense. See law 43 - the unwritten law.
LB = Common abbreviation for leg bye. See law 26. This is commonly confused with LBW - leg before wicket.
LBW = Common abbreviation for leg before wicket. See law 36.
Leg bye = See law 26 for details.
Lost ball = See law 20 for details.
Maiden = An over of which no runs are scored off the bat.
Nelson = 111 runs
No ball = See law 24 for details.
Obstructing the field = See law 37 for details.
Out = When a batsman is removed from batting by fitting the criteria set out in laws 30 - 39.
Over = A period of either six or eight balls. See law 22.
Over rate = The rate of completed overs per hour.
Over the wicket = When a bowler bowls with the wicket on the side of the body to the bowling arm.
Pair = getting out for a NOT (that is on zero) in both innings.
Pitch = Some people get confised with pitches and wickets. The pitch is the area between the bowling creases. See law 7.
Popping crease = See law 9 for details and a graphic.
Retired = See law 2 for details.
Return crease = See law 9 for details and a graphic.
Run rate = The average numbers of runs scored on an over.
Scorers = Those who take the score - outs, runs, overs, balls etc. Often the scorers are ignored and unmentioned but they are just as important as umpires - maybe even more important.
Six = See law 19 for details.
Stumped = See law 39 for details.
Stumps = See law 8 for details.
Swing = Change of path by the ball in air. Mostly because of wetness of ball or when the ball gets old.
Swinging yorker = The most dangerous ball ever. The ball changes its path in air and pitches near the feet of the batsman.
Timed out = See law 31 for details.
Toss = See law 12 for details.
Umpire = See law 3 for details.
Unfair play = See law 42 for details.
Wicket = Some people get confused with pitches and wickets. The wicket is the stumps and bails set up in the correct positions. See law 8.
Wicket keeper = See law 40 for details.
Wide = See law 25
Yorker = The ball pitches near the feet of the batsman or between his feet and the wicket.