The circle separates the infield from the outfield, used in policing the fielding regulations in certain one-day versions of the game. The exact nature of the restrictions vary depending on the type of game: see limited overs cricket, Twenty20 and powerplay (cricket). Clean bowled
bowled, without the ball first hitting the bat or pad. Club
1. A group of cricketers, from which one or more teams are formed. 2. To strike the ball gracelessly, but with great force. A weaker form of slog. Club cricket
(grade cricket in Australia) Formally organised cricket played by skilled amateurs. Considered a higher standard of play than purely recreational village cricket, but still lower than professional forms of the sport. Collapse
see batting collapse

Come to the crease
A phrase used to indicate a batsman walking onto the playing arena and arriving at the cricket pitch in the middle of the ground to begin batting. Competitive Womens Cricket
The official designation given to the female equivalents to First-class, List A and T20 cricket. Compulsory close (cc)
When a teams innings is closed and completed by a means other than being all out or declaring. This particularly applies in grade cricket competitions where each innings of a two-innings match is also subject to a time or overs limit. The letters (cc) appear in the teams score to reflect this; e.g. 266–7(cc). Conventional swing
see swing

Contrived circumstances
Unusual tactics which are intended to achieve a legitimate outcome, but result in wild statistical abnormalities; for example, deliberately bowling extremely poorly to encourage a quick declaration.
The level of organisation varies: sometimes games are part of an official league, sometimes only friendly matches. The standard of play is below that of club cricket and often includes beginners to the sport. W
Waft
A loose non-committal shot, usually played to a ball pitched short of length and well wide of the off stump. Wag
when the tail (the lower order of the batting line-up) scores more runs than it is expected to, it is said to have wagged (as an extension of the animal tail metaphor)

Wagon wheel
1.   a graphic which divides the field into six sectors (looking like the spoked wheel of a wagon), indicating how many runs a batsman has scored with shots into each sector. 2.   see spider graph

Wait
a call by a batsman which defers the decision for a few seconds, before being followed by a call of yes or no. Used when it is unclear whether a fielder will reach the ball before it passes them. The batting partner should not begin a run, but remain ready to do so (including backing up) until the follow-up call. Walk
of a batsman, to walk off the pitch, knowing or believing that they are out, rather than waiting for an umpire to give them out (the umpire is required to intervene if they were not about to give an out decision). Generally considered to be sportsmanlike behaviour, but rarer in international cricket than domestic cricket.