Thursday, October 22, 2009

T

Tail

Also called the lower order refers to the last batsmen in a teams innings that are usually made up of specialist bowlers and usually contains one rabbit or more. A long tail means that a team contains many specialist bowlers while shorter tails means there are more batsmen/all-rounders in the team. If the tail performs well it is said that the tail wagged.^[3]

Tail-ender

a batsman who bats towards the end of the batting order, usually a specialist bowler or wicket-keeper with relatively poor batting skills. The last of the tail-enders are colloquially known as "rabbits".^[1]

Tea

the second of the two intervals during a full day's play is known as the tea interval, due to its timing at about tea-time. In matches lasting only an afternoon, the tea interval is usually taken between innings.

Tea towel explanation

a popular comic explanation of the laws of cricket.

Teesra

A variation delivery for an off spin bowler, Saqlain Mushtaq has been credited with creating it. Teesra comes from the Urdu meaning the third one.

1. A doosra with extra bounce.
2. A ball that drifts in from wide of off stump and turns away from the right hander sharply with extra bounce.

The actual definition of this ball has yet to have been definitively announced.

Test match

a cricket match with play spread over five days with unlimited overs played between two senior international teams. Considered the highest level of the game.

Textbook Shot

A shot played by the batsmen with perfect technique, also known as a cricket shot

Third umpire

an off-field umpire, equipped with a television monitor, whose assistance the two on-fieldumpires can seek when in doubt.

Through the gate

"bowled through the gate": dismissed with a ball that passes between the bat and the pads before hitting the wicket.

Throwing

of a bowler, an illegal bowling action in which the arm is straightened during the delivery.

Tice

An old name for a yorker.

Tickle

An edge to the wicket-keeper or slips. Alternatively a delicate shot usually played to third manor fine leg.

Tie

the (very rare) result in which the two teams' scores are equal and the team batting last is all out (or, in a limited overs match, the allotted overs have been played) . Not to be confused with a draw, in which the scores are not equal.

Timed match

a match whose duration is based on a set amount of time rather than a set number of overs. Timed matches usually have a draw as a potential result, in addition to the win/loss or tie that can be achieved in limited overs cricket. First-class cricket consists of timed matches.

Timing

the art of striking the ball so that it hits the bat's sweet spot. A "well-timed" shot imparts great speed to the ball but appears effortless.

Ton (also century)

100 runs scored by a single batsman in an innings.^[1]

Top order

the batsmen batting at number 3 and 4 (and sometimes at 5 as well) in the batting order.

Top spin

forward rotation on the ball, causing it to increase speed immediately after pitching.^[8]

Tour

An organised itinerary of matches requiring travel away from the team's usual base. Used especially in international cricket to describe the representative team of one nation playing a series of matches in another nation.^{[citation needed]}

Tourist

A member of a cricket team undertaking a tour.^{[citation needed]}

Track

another term for the pitch.

Trundler

a reliable, steady medium-pace bowler who is not especially good, but is not especially bad either.^[1]

Twelfth man

Traditionally, the first substitute player who fields when a member of the fielding side is injured. In Test matches, twelve players are named to a team prior to the match, with the final reduction to eleven occurring immediately prior to play commencing on the first day. This gives the captain some flexibility in team selection, dependent on the conditions (e.g. a spin bowler may be named to the team, but omitted if the captain feels that the pitch is not suitable for spin bowling).^[1]

Twenty20

a new, fast paced, form of cricket limited to twenty overs per innings, plus some other rules changes, specifically designed to broaden the appeal of the game.