A Conversation for Bails, Ducks and Yorkers - A Beginner's Guide to Cricketing Terminology
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The Tea Totaller Started conversation Sep 11, 2005
A very nice, and much needed, entry.
I have heard of one particularly poor batsman referred to a "ferret" - one who goes in after the rabbit.
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AliBaba Posted Sep 16, 2005
Thank you - and well spotted! I'd meant to include 'ferret' but it must have slipped off the To Do list... 
It's my first entry so I'm not quite sure how one makes additions to edited entries but I'll find out. I also need to amend the bit about the Ashes, given England's recent triumph! 
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TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Mar 27, 2008
To have an entry changed, make a post in <./>feedback-editorial</.>.
TRiG.
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Yvonne aka india Posted Nov 19, 2008
Good entry. This, and the video, explains lots of the terms in a clear manner. The language of Cricket is debunked. Cheers
Quick query - a "grass-cutter". Colleague of mine used this for a ball that stayed really low to the ground so the batsman has a job getting under it. Is it a valid term, or just his own made-up language?
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AliBaba Posted Jan 7, 2009
Glad you enjoyed it - thanks
I thought grass-cutter was a golfing term! I'll check with my expert adviser (I'm not a cricketer myself - the reason I know all this is because I'm married to one!)
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