Last Updated: 10 February 2023
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All Terms Used In Cricket
A
| Across The Line |
| All-Rounder |
| All Out |
| Anchor |
| Appeal |
| Arm Ball |
| Around The Wicket |
| Asking Rate |
| Attacking Field |
| Attacking Shot |
| Away Swing |
B
| Back Foot |
| Back Foot Shot |
| Backlift |
| Back Spin |
| Badger |
| Bail |
| Ball |
| Bat |
| Bat-Pad |
| Batsman |
| Batting |
| Batting Average |
| Batting Collapse |
| Batting For A Draw |
| Batting Order |
| BCCI |
| Beamer |
| Beehive |
| Belter |
| Best Bowling |
| Biffer |
| Block |
| Blocker |
| Block Hole |
| Boot Hill |
| Bottom Hand |
| Bouncer |
| Boundary |
| Bowled |
| Bowler |
| Bowling |
| Bowl-Out |
| Bowling Action |
| Bowling Analysis |
| Bowling Average |
| Box |
| Brace |
| Bump Ball |
| Bunsen |
| Bye |
C
| Call |
| Cameo |
| Captain |
| Carrom Ball |
| Carry The Bat |
| Cart-Wheeling Stump |
| Castled |
| Catch |
| Caught |
| Caught Behind |
| Centurion |
| Century |
| Charge |
| Chest On |
| Chinaman |
| Chop On |
| Chuck |
| Circle |
| Clean Bowled |
| Come To The Crease |
| Contrived Circumstances |
| Corridor Of Uncertainty |
| Cover |
| Cover Drive |
| Cow Corner |
| Cow Shot |
| Crease |
| Cricket Season |
| Cross-Bat Shot |
| Cutter |
D
| Daisy Cutter |
| Day/Night Cricket |
| Dead Ball |
| Dead bat |
| Dead Rubber |
| Death Bowler |
| Death Overs |
| Debenture |
| Declaration Bowling |
| Defensive Field |
| Delivery |
| Diamond Duck |
| Dibbly Dobbly |
| Dilscoop |
| Dink |
| Dipper |
| Direct Hit |
| Dismissal |
| Doctored Pitch |
| Dolly |
| Donkey Drop |
| Doosra |
| Dorothy Dix |
| Dot Ball |
| Double |
| Down The Pitch |
| Drag |
| Draw |
| Drift |
| Drive |
| Drop-In Pitch |
| Duck |
| Dugout |
E
| Eagle-Eye |
| Economical |
| Edge |
| End Of An Innings |
| Express Pace |
| Extra |
F
| Fall |
| Fall Of Wicket |
| Fast Bowling |
| Featherbed |
| Fielder |
| Fielding |
| Finger Spin |
| First XI |
| First Chance |
| First Change |
| First-Class Cricket |
| First Innings Points |
| Fishing |
| Five-Wicket Haul |
| Flash |
| Flat Hit |
| Flat Pitch |
| Flat Throw |
| Flick |
| Flight |
| Flipper |
| Floater |
| Fly Slip |
| Follow-On |
| Footmarks |
| Footwork |
| Forty-Five |
| Forward Defence |
| Forward Short Leg |
| Four Wickets |
| Fourth Stump |
| Free Hit |
| Front Foot |
| Fruit Salad |
| Full Length |
| Full Pint |
| Full Toss |
G
| Gardening |
| Given Man |
| Glance |
| Glove |
| Golden Duck |
| Golden Pair |
| Good Length Ball |
| Googly |
| Gouging |
| Gozza |
| Grafting |
| Green Top |
| Grip |
| Ground |
| Groundsman |
| Guard |
| Gully |
H
| Hack |
| Half Century |
| Half-Tracker |
| Half-Volley |
| Handled The Ball |
| Hat-Trick |
| Hawk-Eye |
| Helicopter Shot |
| Helmet |
| High Score |
| Hit The Ball Twice |
| Hit Wicket |
| Hoick |
| Hole Out |
| Hoop |
| Hot Spot |
| Humpty |
| Hutch |
I
| ICC |
| In |
| In/OutField |
| Incoming Batsman |
| In-Cutter |
| Indian Spin Quartet |
| Infield |
| Innings |
| Inside Edge |
| Inside-Out |
| Inswinger |
J
K
| Keeper |
| Knock |
| Knuckle Ball |
| Kwik Cricket |
L
| Lappa |
| Laws |
| LBW |
| Leading Edge |
| Left-Arm Orthodox Spin |
| Left-arm Unorthodox Spin |
| Leg Before Wicket |
| Leg Break |
| Leg Bye |
| Leg Cutter |
| Leg Glance |
| Leg Side |
| Leg Spin |
| Leggie |
| Life |
| List A Cricket |
| Lolly |
| Long Hop |
| Long On |
| Long Stop |
| Loop |
| Lost Ball |
| Lower Order |
| Lunch |
M
| Maker’s Name |
| Maiden Over |
| Man Of The Match |
| Mankad |
| Marillier Shot |
| Match Fixing |
| Match Referee |
| Meat Of The Bat |
| Mecca Of Cricket |
| Medium-Pace |
| Middle Of The Bat |
| Mid On |
| Middle Order |
| Mid Wicket |
| Military Medium |
| Milking |
| Mine |
| Mis-Field |
N
| Negative Bowling |
| Nelson |
| Nervous Nineties |
| Nets |
| Net Run Rate |
| Nibble |
| Nightwatchman |
| No Ball |
| No Man’s Land |
| Not Out |
| No Result |
| Nothing Shot |
| Nurdle |
O
| Obstructing The Field |
| Occupying The Crease |
| ODI |
| Odds Match |
| Off Break |
| Off Cutter |
| Offer The Light |
| Off Side |
| Off The Mark |
| Off Theory |
| One-Day Cricket |
| One Day International |
| One Down |
| One Short |
| On Side |
| On Strike |
| On The Up |
| Opener |
| Opening Batsman |
| Opening Bowler |
| Orthodox |
| Out |
| Outfield |
| Outswinger |
| Over |
| Over Rate |
| Over The Wicket |
| Overarm Bowling |
| Overpitched Delivery |
| Overthrow |
P
| Pace Bowling |
| Pad Away |
| Paddle Scoop |
| Paddle Sweep |
| Pads |
| Partnership |
| Part-Time Bowler |
| Pavilion |
| Peach |
| Pea Roller |
| Pegs |
| Penalty Run |
| Perfect Season |
| Perfume Ball |
| Pick |
| Picket Fences |
| Pick Of The Bowlers |
| Pie Chucker |
| Pinch Hitter |
| Pitch |
| Pitched Delivery Bowling |
| Pitch Map |
| Placement |
| Platinum Duck |
| Play And Miss |
| Player Of The Match |
| Playing Time |
| Plumb |
| Point Of Release |
| Points System |
| Popper |
| Power Play |
| Powerplay |
| Pro20 |
| Projapoti |
| Protected Area |
| Pursuit |
| Push |
Q
| Quarter Seam |
| Quick |
| Quick Single Mean |
| Quota |
| Quotient |
R
| Rabbit |
| Rain Delay |
| Rain Rule |
| Red Cherry |
| Referral |
| Required Run Rate |
| Reserve Day |
| Rest Day |
| Result |
| Retired |
| Reverse Sweep |
| Reverse Swing |
| Rib Tickler |
| Right Hand |
| Ring Field |
| Road |
| Rogers |
| Roller |
| Rotate The Strike |
| Rough |
| Round Arm Bowling |
| Royal Duck |
| Run |
| Run Chase |
| Run Out |
| Run Rate |
| Run-Up |
| Runner |
| Runs Per Wicket Ratio |
S
| Safe |
| Sawn Off |
| Scorer |
| Scoring |
| Seam |
| Seamer |
| Seam Bowling |
| Selector |
| Sent In |
| Session |
| Shelled A Dolly |
| Shepherd The Strike |
| Shooter |
| Short Of A Length |
| Short-Pitched |
| Shoulder Arms |
| Side On |
| Silly |
| Silly Point |
| Single |
| Single Wicket |
| Sitter |
| Six |
| Skiddy |
| Skier |
| Skipper |
| Slash |
| Slider |
| Slip |
| Slip Catching Cradle |
| Slog |
| Slog Overs |
| Slog Sweep |
| Slower Ball |
| Slow Left Armer |
| Snickometer |
| Specialist |
| Spectacles |
| Spider Graph |
| Spin Bowling |
| Square Leg |
| Stance |
| Sticky Dog |
| Sticky Wicket |
| Stock Ball |
| Stock Bowler |
| Stock Delivery |
| Straight Bat |
| Stranded |
| Strangled |
| Strike |
| Strike Bowler |
| Strike Rate |
| Stump |
| Stump-Cam |
| Substitute |
| Sun Ball |
| Super Over |
| Supersub |
| Sweep |
| Sweet Spot |
| Swing Bowling |
| Switch Hit |
T
| T20 |
| Tail |
| Tampering |
| Tape Ball |
| Target |
| Tea |
| Teesra |
| Ten-Wicket Match |
| Test Cricket |
| Textbook Shot |
| Third Man |
| Third Umpire |
| Through The Gate |
| Throwing |
| Tice |
| Tie |
| Tied Down |
| Timed Match |
| Timed Out |
| Timeless Match |
| Timing |
| Toe-Crushers |
| Top Edge |
| Top Order |
| Top Spinner |
| Toss |
| Tour |
| Tour Match |
| Trimmer |
| Trundler |
| Turn |
| Turn Blind |
| Twelfth Man |
| Twenty20 |
U
| UDRS |
| Umpire |
| Underarm Bowling |
| Under-Spin |
| Unorthodox |
| Unplayable Delivery |
| Upper Cut |
| Uppish |
V
| Variation |
| Vee |
| Village Cricket |
W
| Waft |
| Wag |
| Wagon Wheel |
| Walking In |
| Wash Out |
| WASP |
| Wearing Wicket |
| Wicket |
| Wicket-Keeper |
| Wicket-Keeper-Batsman |
| Wicket Maiden |
| Wickets In Hand |
| Wide |
| Works Team |
| Worm |
| Wrist Spin |
| Wrong foot |
| Wrong ‘un |
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