Showing posts with label Cricket Terms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cricket Terms. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Hat-trick

A hat-trick is when a bowler takes a wicket off each of three consecutive deliveries in a match.

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Leg side

The leg side is the left side of the field for a right handed batsman. The leg side is also called the on side.

Pavilion

The pavilion is a building off to the sides of the field where the players change in dressing rooms.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

All out

All out is when an innings is ended when ten of the eleven batsmen on the batting side are dismissed.

Umpires

Cricket has two umpires who are on the field. One stands behind the wicket at the bowler's end, the other umpire stands near the square leg position on the on side. There is often a third umpire who is off the field. He can make decisions about certain incidents with the aid of video.

Off side

The off side is the right side of the field for a right handed batsman.

On side

The on side is the left side of the field for a right handed batsman. The on side is also called the leg side.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Beamer

A beamer is a delivery by the bowler that reaches the batsman near the head area without bouncing. A beamer is considered a no ball.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Over

An over is six consecutive legal balls bowled by one bowler.

Cricketer

A cricketer is someone who plays cricket.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Caught behind

Caught behind is a catch by the wicketkeeper.

Batsman

The batsman is a player on the batting side. He tries to hit the ball delivered by the bowler.

Bowler

The bowler is the player on the fielding side who bowls to the batsman.

Bails

The bails are the sticks placed on top of the three stumps to form the wicket.

All rounder

An all rounder is a cricket player who does well at both batting and bowling.