Beer match
In club cricket, where the scheduled game ends early, a friendly match concocted to fill in time, originally where licensing hours would have prevented the teams from retiring to the pub, but also for love of the game. Often played with an unusual format, such as "reverse batting order", "every outfielder must bowl", or "bats retire at 25". Belter
A belter of a pitch is a pitch offering advantage to the batsman. Bend the back
Of a pace bowler, to put in extra effort to extract extra speed or bounce. Benefit season
A series of fundraising events to reward a long-serving player, typically those who have played over a decade for a single county cricket team, shortly before the player retires. Similar in concept to testimonial matches played in other sports. Best bowling
The bowling analysis with the most wickets taken in an innings; the fewest runs conceded are used as a tie-breaker. This can be used to compare different bowlers within a single match, or to highlight the best performance by an individual over an extended period, such as a season or their whole career. The equivalent for batsmen is the high score. Biffer
slang term for an attacking batsman. A biffer is the opposite of a blocker, being a defending player. In earlier times (particularly pre-World War II) cricketers were either amateur (Gentlemen) or professional (Players). Typically, but not universally, amateurs would be "biffers" and professionals "blockers". The word derives from the slightly archaic transitive verb, "biff" which means "hit".
Bowlers usually have a single stock delivery and one or more variations. Stodger
a batsman who makes it their job to defend and to score at a mediocre rate. This style is prone to derogatory comments but also compliments on resilience and technique. Stonewaller
An extreme example of a blocker. Straight
Close to the imaginary line between the two sets of stumps (cf. wicket-to-wicket). Used as an adjective, to indicate the direction of a shot, as a modifier to a fielding position, or to describe the line of a delivery. Straight bat
the bat when held vertically, or when swung through a vertical arc

Straight up-and-down
pejorative term for a fast- or medium-paced bowler who cannot swing or seam the ball. Stranded
a batsman is said to be stranded on their score if they narrowly miss scoring a century or similar milestone because their teams innings ends, rather than because they were dismissed. Strangled
a form of dismissal whereby a batsman, in trying to play a glance very fine to a leg-side ball, gets an inside edge which is caught by the wicket-keeper. Street
a pitch which is easy for batsmen and difficult for bowlers. Sometimes called a road, highway, and various other synonyms for street. Strike
the position as batsman facing the bowler, as opposed to non-striker. Often, Keep [the] strike, to arrange runs on the last ball of an over so as to face the first ball of the next. Farm the strike or Shepherd the strike: to keep doing this to protect a less skilful batsman.