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Gardening
a batsman prodding at the pitch with their bat between deliveries, ostensibly to flatten a bump in the pitch. May be used to inspect features of a deteriorating pitch (e.g. footmarks), or to calm the batsmans nerves. Sometimes considered to be time-wasting. Genuine number 11
a consistently poor batsman, rightfully relegated to the bottom of the batting order. Getting ones eye in
a batsman playing low-risk defensive shots when first in, while they assess the conditions and bowlers, before attempting riskier scoring shots. Give (it) the treatment
of a batsman, to hit a poorly bowled ball well, often for a boundary. Given man
A skilled guest player added to a weak team to produce a more even contest, often borrowed from the opposition. Given men were most frequent in the early history of cricket, such as Gentlemen v Players games, with the goal of making the result less predictable and to encourage betting on the outcome. The term and concept are rarely used today. Glance
a shot that goes fine on the leg side. Typically played by flicking a ball which is heading for the batsmans hips or thigh. Glove

1. (noun) Batting gloves, hand protection worn by a batsman as part of their kit. Padding is mostly on the outside, to defend against impacts by the ball while gripping the handle of the bat. 2. (noun) Wicket-keepers gloves, webbed catching gloves worn by a wicket-keeper. The padding is on the inside, to absorb the impact of a caught ball. No other member of the fielding team is allowed to use gloves.
Worm
a plot of either the cumulative runs scored, or the progressive run rate achieved by a team (the y-axis) against the over number (x-axis) in limited-overs cricket. Wrist spin
a form of spin bowling in which the ball is made to rotate by the position and/or movement of the bowlers wrist (contrast with finger spin). For a right-handed bowler this produces leg spin, whereas the same technique by a left-handed bowler produces left arm unorthodox spin. Wrong foot
when the bowling foot is the front foot the delivery is said to be bowled off the wrong foot. Such a bowler is said to bowl off the wrong foot. Wrong footed
when the batsman is initially moving either back or forward to a delivery and then has to suddenly change which foot they use (back or front), they are said to have been wrong-footed. Usually applies to spin bowling. Wrong un
another name for a googly; most common in Australia. Y
Yes
batsmans call for a run. See No, Push, Two, Wait. (The) Yips
The yips are occasionally experienced by bowlers suffering from a loss of confidence. A psychological condition whereby the bowler is unable to sufficiently relax when delivering the ball – often holding the ball too long before release, losing flight, turn and accuracy in the process. Bowlers have been known to suffer from the yips for as little as a few overs, up to the course of an entire season or more. Yorker
a (usually fast) delivery that is pitched very close to the batsman.