A particularly poor batsman, who is, invariably, a specialist bowler. While most lower-order batsmen would be expected to occasionally score some useful runs, a rabbit is expected to be dismissed cheaply almost every time. Another term, ferret, refers to a batsman even worse than a rabbit. The term comes from hunting with ferrets where the hunter "sends in a ferret after the rabbits". 2. A higher order batsman who is out frequently to the same bowler is referred to as that bowlers rabbit or bunny. Rain delay
A halt in game proceedings due to rain, but not yet a wash out. Rain rule
Any of various methods of determining which team wins a rain-shortened one-day match. The current preferred method is the Duckworth–Lewis method. Red cherry
A nickname for the red cricket ball. See cherry. Referral
(or review) An invocation of the Umpire Decision Review System, referring the decision to the third umpire for review. Release or point of release
The moment in a bowling action when the bowler lets go of the ball. Required run rate
(or asking rate) The run rate needed by the batting team to win, in the second innings of a limited overs match. Calculated as the number of runs required for victory (not a tie), divided by the number of overs remaining. Often shown on the scoreboard and updated automatically after each delivery. A high required run rate necessitates more aggressive batting. Reserve day
A vacant day in a touring schedule which can be used to replay or reconvene a match which is washed out.
Increased methylmercury concentrations in water and fish have been detected after flooding of soils associated with reservoir creation (e.g. for hydroelectric power generation) and in thermokarst wetlands that form after permafrost thaw.There are various sources of inorganic mercury that may indirectly contribute to the production of methylmercury from microbes in the environment. Natural sources of mercury released to the atmosphere include volcanoes, forest fires, volatilization from the ocean and weathering of mercury-bearing rocks. Anthropogenic sources of mercury include the burning of wastes containing inorganic mercury and from the burning of fossil fuels, particularly coal. Although inorganic mercury is only a trace constituent of such fuels, their large scale combustion in utility and commercial/industrial boilers in the United States alone results in release of some 80.2 tons (73 metric tons) of elemental mercury to the atmosphere each year, out of total anthropogenic mercury emissions in the United States of 158 tons (144 metric tons)/year.In the past, methylmercury was produced directly and indirectly as part of several industrial processes such as the manufacture of acetaldehyde. However, currently there are few direct anthropogenic sources of methylmercury pollution in the United States.Whole-lake ecosystem experiments at IISD-ELA in Ontario, Canada showed that mercury falling directly on a lake had the fastest impacts on aquatic ecosystems as opposed to mercury falling on the surrounding land. This inorganic mercury is converted to methylmercury by bacteria. Different stable isotopes of mercury were added to lakes, wetlands, and uplands, simulating rain, and then mercury concentrations in fish were analyzed to find their source.