A few of my favourite cricket terms...
Chin Music - A bouncer directed to the throat region.
Corridor of Uncertainty - A bowling area around off stump. Also, the corridor leading to the HR office in most office buildings
Dibbly Dobbly - A bowler or ball that isn't that good... sometimes known as a Fardell ball
Jaffa - An excellent ball or a type of biscuit/cake that always tastes a little stale.
Drinks Waiter - Also known as the 12th Man.
A Rabbit Warren - The pavilion during a Jagex innings
Gauntlet Work - Fine wicket keeping or the title of an episode of Game of Thrones
Jockstrap - Something not to be shared - although we do have a communal one in the team kit bag
Fishing - Using the bat to feel vaguely in the direction of the ball
Giving It Some Humpty - Playing agriculturally....
Nurdle - Not often seen in evening cricket
Pie Chucker - One of our better bowlers
The Yips - Also known as what happens in Willem Amoraal's fourth over...
Sledging - Taunting the opposition in good nature. Sledging may be good (Ian Chappell), Hilarious (Daryll Cullinan, Merv Hughes, Rodney Marsh, Ian Botham) , Aggressive (Viv Richards, Glenn MacGrath), or just plain awful (Fardell).
If you manage to squeeze any of these into everyday banter and you're on my squad list, consider yourself pushed up the order...
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