U
- Umpire
- one of the two (or three) enforcers of the rules and adjudicators of play.
- Underarm
- the action of bowling with the arm swinging from behind the body in a downswing arc and then releasing the ball on the up swing without bending the elbow. This type of bowling is now illegal in formal cricket, but commonly played in informal types of cricket. Compare with overarm.
- Under-spin (also back-spin)
- backward rotation on the ball, causing it to decrease speed immediately after pitching.
- Unorthodox
- a shot played not in the accepted "textbook" manner, often with a degree of improvisation.
- a left arm spin bowler who spins the ball with his wrist. This imparts spin in the same direction as a right-handed off spin bowler. See: Left-arm unorthodox spin.
- Unplayable delivery
- a ball that is impossible for the batsman to deal with; used to imply that the batsman was out more through the skill of the bowler than through his own error.
V
- Vee
- an unmarked, loosely defined V-shaped area on the ground at which the batsman stands at the apex. The two sides of the "V" go through the mid-off and mid-on regions. Most shots played into this region are straight-batted shots, which don't involve the risks associated with playing across the line.
- the V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat (see also splice).
- Village or Village cricket
- the kind of level of cricket played by the majority of the cricket-watching public. Traditionally applied pejoratively when the standard of play (particularly from professionals) is very low. e.g. "That shot/dropped catch/bowling was village"
W
- Wag
- when tail-enders score more runs than they are expected to (the tail wagged).
- Wagon wheel
- a graphical chart which divides a cricket ground into six sectors (looking like the spokes of awagon style wheel), and shows how many runs a batsman has scored into each area.[11][26]
- Waft
- A loose non-comittal shot, usually played to a ball pitched short of length and well wide of the off stump. He wafted at that and snicked it to the 'keeper
- Walk
- of a batsman, to walk off the pitch, knowing or believing that he is out, rather than waiting for an umpire to give him out (forfeiting the chance that the umpire may give the benefit of the doubt regarding a dismissal if he is not certain that the batsman is out). Generally considered to be sporting behaviour though increasingly rare in international cricket.[1]
- Walking wicket
- a very poor batsman, particularly tail-end batsmen, who are usually specialist bowlers. Statistically, any batsman averaging under 5.
Diagram of a
wicketcomposed of
stumps and
bails - ball shown for scale
- Wicket
- a set of stumps and bails;
- the pitch; or
- the dismissal of a batsman.[1]
- Wicket-keeper
- the player on the fielding side who stands immediately behind thebatting end wicket. A specialist position, used throughout the game.[2]
- Wicket-keeper/batsman
- a wicket-keeper who is also a very good batsman, capable of opening the batting or at least making good scores in the top order.
- Wicket maiden
- a maiden over in which the bowler also dismisses a batsman. Adouble wicket maiden if two wickets are taken, and so on.[2]
- Wicket-to-wicket
- an imaginary line connecting the two wickets, also a style of straight, un-varied bowling.
- Wide
- a delivery that passes illegally wide of the wicket, scoring an extra for the batting side. A wide does not count as one of the six valid deliveries that must be made in each over - an extra ball must be bowled for each wide.[1][2]
- Wood
- a bowler who consistently dismisses a certain batsman is said to "have the wood" over that player.
- Worm
- a plot of either the cumulative runs scored, or the progressive run rate achieved by a team (the y-axis) against the over number (x-axis) in limited-overs cricket.
- Wrong foot
- when the bowling foot is the front foot the delivery is said to be bowled off the wrong foot. Such a bowler is said to bowl off the wrong foot.
- Wrong footed
- when the batsman is initially moving either back or forward to a delivery and then has to suddenly change which foot he uses (back or front), he is said to have been wrong-footed. Usually applies to spin bowling.
- Wrong 'un
- another name for a googly; most common in Australia.[1][3]
X
Y
- (The) Yips
- The Yips are occasionally experienced by bowlers suffering from a loss of confidence. A psychological condition whereby the bowler is unable to sufficiently relax when delivering theball - often holding the ball too long before release, losing flight, turn and accuracy in the process. Bowlers have been known to suffer from The Yips for as little as a few overs, up to the course of an entire season or more.[1]
- Yorker
- a (usually fast) delivery that is pitched very close to the batsman. The intent is for it to bounce exactly underneath his bat or on his toes, in the block hole. A perfectly-pitched fast yorker is almost impossible to keep out; a bad yorker can turn into a half-volley (too short) or a full toss(too full).[1]
Z
- Zooter
- a variation of the flipper bowled by a leg-break bowler. Typically 'Zoots' along the ground without much bounce. This ball is often thought to be a bit of a myth made up by Shane Warne to create confusion amongst opposition sides.[1]
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