This document contains definitions of cricket-related terms including: - Bails - small pieces of wood that lie on top of the stumps to form the wickets. - Bowled - dismissal of a batsman when he misses a ball and it hits the stumps. - Crease - a line on the pitch near the wickets over which a batsman must pass to score a run. - Full toss - a ball that reaches the batsman on the full, without bouncing.

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3. • all-rounder
• player skilled at both batting and
bowling

4. SMALL PIECES OF WOOD THAT LIE ON
TOP OF THE STUMPS TO FORM THE
WICKETS
Bails

5. Bowled
dismissal of a batsman when he
misses a ball and it hits the stumps

6. A LINE ON THE PITCH NEAR THE WICKETS OVER
WHICH A BATSMAN MUST PASS TO SCORE A RUN
Crease

7. Full toss
• ball that reaches the batsman on
the full, without bouncing; usually
seen as easy to hit and a poor
delivery

8. Beamer
• A delivery that reaches the batsman at around head height
without bouncing. Due to the risk of injury to the batsman, a
beamer is an illegal delivery, punishable by a no-ball being
called. If an individual bowler bowls more than two beamers in
an innings, they can be barred from bowling for the remainder of
that innings.

9. • Ball tampering
• Illegal alteration of the condition of the ball by a
fielder to alter its aerodynamic properties: for
instance, by roughening one side by rubbing it on
the ground or with some item such as a bottle
cap, polishing it with a substance like hair gel, lip
balm etc, picking at one side of the seam to raise
it. All of these are designed to deceive the
batsman by making one side of the ball travel
slower through the air than the other side.

10. Block
A defensive shot

11. Brace
two wickets taken off two
consecutive deliveries.

12. • Biffer
• slang term for an attacking batsman. A biffer is the
opposite of a blocker, being a defending player. In earlier
times (particularly pre-World War II) cricketers were
either amateur (Gentlemen) or professional (Players).
Typically, but not universally, amateurs would be "biffers"
and professionals "blockers". The word derives from the
slightly archaic transitive verb, "biff" which means "hit".
Today, biffers tend to be known as big hitters.