Life's work; job speak: CRICKETERS
a wrong 'un
a ball which looks like it's going to turn one way but actually turns the other
a chinaman
delivered by a left arm bowler
a googly
delivered by a right arm bowler
the cherry
the ball
the coffin
box cricketers carry their kit in
lids
protective helmets with a grille at the front
yorker
ball that cuts in at the batsman's feet
golden duck
getting out on the first ball you face with a score of zero runs
a piechucker or flanflinger
a bowler who lobs the ball high into the air
a donkey drop
the ball that a piechucker chucks; it wings its way up in the air then drops sharply
silly mid on/mid off
fielding positions where the fielder is close to the batsman
jaffa or peach
what the team shouts if someone bowls a good ball
a skyer
when the batsman whacks the ball miles high
that's going the journey
what someone would say if they knew a ball was heading for a six
grubber, pearoller, shooter
a ball that bounces low and rolls along the ground to the batsman
complied by Colette Harris
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