Top- or middle-order batsmen may adopt an anchor role if the other batsmen experience a batting collapse. Appeal
A bowler or fielder asking the umpire to dismiss the batsman, usually by shouting howzat (hows that?). Variations include howzee (hows he? ), or simply turning to the umpire and cheering. The umpire cannot give a batsman out unless the fielding side appeals, even if the criteria for a dismissal have otherwise been met. Batsmen who are obviously out (e.g. bowled or indisputably caught) will normally walk from the field without waiting for an appeal. Approach
1. The motion of the bowler before bowling the ball; also known as the run-up. 2. The ground a bowler runs on during their run up; e.g. : "Play was delayed because the bowlers approaches were slippery." Arm ball
A variation bowled by a finger spinner, which appears to be their stock ball but does not spin. Such a delivery does not turn when bouncing but travels straight on i.e. following the line of the bowlers arm, hence the name. An arm ball might also swing. Around the wicket (or round the wicket)
A right-handed bowler passing to the right of the non-strikers stumps in their run-up, and vice versa for a left-handed bowler. The opposite of over the wicket. The Ashes 
The trophy for the England v Australia Test match series.
Defensive field
A fielding configuration in which fielders are spread around the field so as to more readily stop hit balls and reduce the number of runs (particularly boundaries) being scored by batsmen, at the cost of fewer opportunities to take catches and dismiss batsmen. Delivery
the act of bowling the ball; also, the quality of the way in which a ball is bowled, in either intent or effect. Devils number 
(or dreaded number)
a score of 87, regarded as unlucky in Australian cricket. Superstition holds that batsmen are more likely to be dismissed for 87, because it is 13 runs short of a century (see triskaidekaphobia). Diamond duck
regional usage varies, but either a dismissal (usually run out) without facing a delivery, or a dismissal (for zero) off the first ball of a teams innings (the less common term platinum duck is used interchangeably). Dibbly dobbly

(or dibbly dobbler)
1.  a medium pace delivery, neither fast nor slow, with no special variation. 2.  a bowler who uses this type of delivery as their stock ball. 3.  a delivery that is easy to hit, but difficult to score quickly from. Dilscoop
see paddle scoop

Dink
a deliberately gentle shot played by a batsman, without attempted power, in order to guide the ball into an unguarded area of the field, largely using the balls own momentum from the delivery. Often effective against fast bowlers. Dinner
the second of the two intervals taken during a full days play specifically during a day/night test.