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by the bowler's skilful delivery.
Bouncer: A bowling delivery by a fast bowler which is pitched short and rising towards the
batsman's head, or at least chest high. Also called short-pitched delivery.
Boundary: Outer limit of playing area, like bowing ring, soccer ground, etc.
Break: A slow bowler's delivery spins to either side after hitting the pitch surface.
Bye: A run not scored by the bat, usually refers to when the wicketkeeper failed to stop
the bowling delivery, which allows a batsman to make run/runs, whether the bowl
connected the bat or not.
Century: When a batsman scored 100 runs in one inning.
Chinaman: Kind of leg-break delivery, when bowled by a left-handed bowler.
Call: When both batsmen communicate, in order to refuse or confirm, for making a run or
runs, usually by shouting "yes", "no", "wait".
Chop: Kind of shot played by a batsman, a form of late cut.
According to law, chucker: Illegal delivery by a bowler when he throws to bowl instead
of round-arm bowling.
Creeper: A ball runs along the ground, also known as 'shooter' or 'sneaker'.
Cut: kind of shot by a batsman.
Cover drive: A batting stroke directed towards the cover area.
Deep: When fielder fields near the boundary e.g. Deep Mid-on, Deep Cover, Deep Third
Man, etc.
Duck: When a batsman out without scoring any run.
Duck (Golden): Golden duck is referred to when batsman out on zero on the very first
delivery.
Declaration: When a captain decides to close an innings when he still has wickets in hand
i.e. batsmen still remaining to bat.
Delivery: Act of bowling.
Doosra: When a right-handed off-spinner bowls a delivery turning like a leg break, turning
from off to leg side.
Drive: A stroke by batsman like 'cover-drive, 'on-drive...
Edge: Outermost perimeter of the bat. Also, refer to a bowler's bowl when only just struck
by the edge of the bat.
Extras: Runs added to a team's total which is not created by the bat/batsman e.g. bys, leg-
byes, no-ball, wide-ball, etc.