Drift
the slight lateral curved-path movement that a spinner extracts while the ball is in flight. Considered very good bowling as it increases the difficulty for a batsman to correctly judge the precise movement and path of the ball . Drinks
an agreed short break in play, generally taken in the middle of a session, when refreshments are brought out to the players and umpires by the twelfth men of each side. Drinks breaks do not always need to take place, but they are usual in test matches, particularly in hot countries. Drinks waiter
a jocular term for the twelfth man, referring to his job of bringing out drinks. Drive
a shot played with a straight bat on the front foot, aiming anywhere between point on the off side and mid-wicket on the leg side. The drive is the most common shot for scoring runs, and often considered the most aesthetically pleasing. Several sub-types are recognised depending on direction, including the square drive, cover drive, off drive, straight drive and on drive. Drop
1.  the accidental "dropping" of a ball that was initially caught by a fielder, thus denying the dismissal of the batsman; when such an event occurs, the batsman is said to have been "dropped". 2.  the number of dismissals which occur in a teams innings before a given batsman goes in to bat; a batsman batting at first drop is batting at number three in the batting order, going in after one wicket has fallen.
3. (verb) Touch the ball with a batting glove while the glove is in contact with the bat. In that circumstance, the rules consider the glove to be part of the bat, so the batsman can score runs or be caught if they glove the ball. Glovemanship (also glovework)
the skills of wicketkeeping, used when either praising or criticising a performance

Golden duck
a dismissal for nought (zero), from the first ball faced in a batsmans innings. ( cf Duck, Diamond duck, Platinum duck )

Golden pair (also King pair)
a dismissal for nought (zero) runs off the first ball faced in each of a batsmans two innings of a two-innings match (see this list of Pairs in test and first-class cricket). Good length
the ideal place for a stock delivery to pitch in its trajectory from the bowler to the batsman. It makes the batsman uncertain whether to play a front-foot or back-foot shot. A good length differs from bowler to bowler, based on the type, height and speed of the bowler. The "good length" is not necessarily the best length to bowl, as a bowler may wish to bowl short or full to exploit a batsmans weaknesses. Googly (also wrongun or bosie)
a deceptive spinning delivery by a wrist spin bowler which spins the opposite direction to the stock delivery. For a right-hander bowler and a right-handed batsman, a googly will turn from the off side to the leg side. Developed by Bosanquet around 1900. Gouging
causing intentional damage to the pitch or ball.