Fast bowlers also use swing. Fast leg theory
see bodyline

Feather
a faint edge. Featherbed
A soft, slow pitch of predictable bounce. Such pitches are considered to be good for batting on, offering little, if any, help for a bowler. Fence
The boundary. Sometimes used in the phrase find(s) the fence, which is said of a ball that is hit to the boundary. -fer
a suffix to any number, meaning the number of wickets taken by a team or bowler. (See also fifer/five-fer)

Ferret
see rabbit. Field
1. (noun) a large grass turf area on which the sport is played, forming part of the wider ground. Typically oval, but a wide variety of other shapes are permitted provided they are at least 130 yards (120 m) in diameter. At (or near) the centre of the field is the pitch, and the edge of the field is the boundary, marked by a boundary rope. 2. (verb) the act of fielding. Fielder (also, more traditionally, fieldsman)
a player on the fielding side who is neither the bowler nor the wicket-keeper, in particular one who has just fielded the ball. Fielding
Recovering the ball after each delivery. One of the three major skills of cricket (the others being batting and bowling), all members of the team take part in the fielding. If the batsman has hit the ball in the air, the fielders can attempt a catch, to dismiss the batsman. Otherwise they attempt to prevent the ball crossing the boundary, bring it under control, then return it to the vicinity of the stumps.
Tampering
scratching, scuffing, or otherwise unnaturally altering the cricket ball outside of its normal wear and tear. When this is done, it is usually by the fielding team, to give their bowler an edge so that the ball might spin or seam more effectively. This is an illegal act in the game. Tape ball
An ersatz cricket ball produced by wrapping a tennis ball in electrical tape. Common in informal games on the Indian subcontinent. Target
The score that the team batting last has to score to beat their opponents. This is one run more than what the team batting first managed; or, in limited overs cricket, an adjusted value determined by a rain rule. Tea
the second of the two intervals during a full days 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. Teesra
A back spin delivery by a finger spin bowler. Ten-wicket match
A two-innings match in which a bowler takes ten or more wickets in total. Test cricket (also Test match)
The highest level of the sport. Consists of timed matches that last up to five days, with two innings per side. Played between senior international teams which have been granted Test status. Textbook shot
A shot played by the batsmen with perfect orthodox technique, exactly as shown in textbooks on batting.