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Learn Slang Cricket meanings, terms and examples. Learn English through Stories - Subscribe: https://bit.ly/38OHYtL Ed on Instagram https://bit.ly/2Xt4F2Q 22 examples of Cricket slang - From our book 'Ed's Big Bumper book of Slang' - see links below. Buy our 'Ed's Big Bumper Book of Slang' book at Amazon! India - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08LDJM9L5 Brazil - https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B08LDJM9L5 Mexico - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08LDJM9L5 Germany - https://www.amazon.de/dp/B08LDJM9L5 France - https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B08LDJM9L5 Spain - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B08LDJM9L5 Italy - https://www.amazon.it/dp/B08LDJM9L5 Japan - https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B08LDJM9L5 The Netherlands - https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B08LDJM9L5 The United States - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LDJM9L5 Canada - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08LDJM9L5 Australia - https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08LDJM9L5 The United Kingdom - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08LDJM9L5 Beamer (n) - A delivery aimed at waist height, without bouncing The bowler is bowling beamers at the inexperienced batsman. He will be out soon. Bouncer (n) - A fast, short-pitched bowl, aimed at the batsman/batswoman’s head It’s good job she’s wearing a helmet with those bouncers coming down the wicket. Bunny (n) - A batsman that is frequently dismissed by the same bowler Unfortunately for Mark, he has become Paul’s bunny. Paul has bowled him out yet again. Century (n) - A score of at least 100 runs by a single batsman/woman That is the first time he has scored a century. Well done to him. Cow corner (n) - An area of the pitch, the ball rarely goes to The ball has gone down to cow corner. It will take a few seconds before a fielder gets there. Daisy cutter (n) - When a delivery rolls along the ground or bounces twice The batsmen had no chance of hitting that daisy cutter. Dibbly dobbly (n) - A delivery that’s easy to hit, but difficult to score from The batsman wasn’t expecting that dibbly dobbly. He completely missed it Dolly (n) - A very easy catch I can’t believe he dropped that dolly. It was such an easy catch. Duck (n) - Batsman/woman out, without scoring a run She’s out for a duck. That’s the third time this season. Golden duck (n) - Same as a duck, but in this case, by first delivered ball They bowled the top batsman out for a golden duck. They should win the match easily now. Gun (noun) - A highly skilled batsman. Tom is considered the gun in our team. He scores the most runs, almost every time. Jaffa (n) - An extremely well bowled delivery That was an incredible jaffa. Probably the best delivery you will see all day. LBW (noun) – Leg Before Wicket The ball was going to hit the wicket, so the umpire had to give LBW. Plumb (adj) – Directly at the wicket That was plumb. The LBW couldn’t have been clearer. Silly point (n) - A fielding position very close to batsman/woman The silly point is a very dangerous position to play in, for the fielders. Slogger (n) - A batsman/batswoman promoted up the batting order so that the team can score quick runs Grahame is a great slogger. He has added 47 runs in just 3 overs. Sticky dog (n) - A drying wicket, which is difficult to bat on After the rain last night, the batsmen are really struggling on this sticky dog. Tailenders (n) - Players, normally bowlers, towards the end of the batting order It shouldn’t take them long to get rid of these tailenders. Take a bowler downtown (exp) – When the batsman/batswoman hits the ball over the bowler’s head It was a good delivery, but the bowler saw the ball fly over his head and reach the boundary for 4 runs. He was taken downtown. Toe crushers (n) - A ball aimed directly at the batsman/woman’s feet Those toe crushers are really difficult to defend. Ump (n) – Umpire Come on ump, that was definitely out. Yorker (n) – A usually fast delivery pitched at the batsman/woman’s feet Yorkers are his speciality. He gets a lot of wickets bowling this way. Links Find additional learning material connected to this video @ Facebook:   / edexplainsenglishesl   Instagram:   / edexplainsenglish   Attributions: Music: Intro/Outro music: Jay Jay Beatz:    / jayjaybeatz   Incidental music: Bensounds.com Sound effects by zapsplat.com Graphics: Freepik – Licenced user.