Bad Light: What players tend to finish in, when it is probably twice as dark as it was when the batsman went off for bad light in the middle of the afternoon session.


Bits and Pieces Player: A cricketer who is only average at more things than the average player.

Bowler's Limitation: The maximum number of overs a bowler is allowed to bowl, which they usually exceed by bowling no-balls.

Bowler Tossing The Ball Up: A bowler celebrating a catch and bowled.

Bowling Attack: A series of bowlers who defend.

Building A Platform For The Innings: A method by which batsmen bat very slowly leaving the tail to bat very quickly to ensure a decent total.

Coloured Clothing: What players wear in the hope that spectators will wear it too, also a useful way for the crowd to tell the difference between the batsmen and the bowlers.

Day/Night Match: A one-day game played under contemporary over-rates.

Dismissal of Batsman: A bowler's attempt at a dot ball which didn't go quite to plan.

Fielding Circle: Lot of dots which, if joined up, would not make a circle.

Fielding Restrictions: A way of making captains put fielders where they don't want them.

Full Toss: A yorker which has got above itself.

Leg-Break and Googly Bowler: The 12th man.

Maiden Over: Every bowler's aim.

Man Of The Match Adjudicator: Normally a famous ex-bowler or batsman, which of these he is can often be determined by whether he gave the award to a batsman or a bowler.

Man Of The Match Award:
(1) Conversation piece, especially when the match is a foregone conclusion.

(2) Monetary award almost always given to a member of winning side. Adjudicator decides which player to give it to, and this player then shares the money equally amongst his team mates.