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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.
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.