Equipment
Miss.
Outs
Umpire Signal
Batsman's Shots
100
Hard, cork and string ball, covered with leather.
What is Cricket Ball
100
The order in which the teams bat is determined by.
What is coin toss.
100
There is no formal signal to indicate that a batsman is not out.
What is Not out
100
A shot played with the bat close to horizontal, which hits the ball somewhere in the arc between cover and gully
What is cut.
200
They have have spikes extending from their bottom end and are hammered into the ground in an evenly spaced row
What is Stumps
200
If the batsman misses the ball and it hits and breaks the wicket directly from the bowler's delivery.
What is Bowled
200
A wide is signalled by holding both arms out horizontally
What is Wide
200
A sweep with the bat reversed, into the point area.
What is Reverse Sweep
300
Blade made of willow, flat on one side, humped on the other for strength, attached to a sturdy cane handle
What is Cricket Bat
300
If, in attempting to hit a ball or taking off for a first run, the batsman touches and breaks the wicket
What is Hit Wicket
300
One short is signalled by touching the tip of one hand to the same shoulder.
What is One Short
300
A shot played at a glancing angle behind the legs, so that it goes in the direction of fine leg
What is Leg Glance
400
Two wooden crosspieces which sit in grooves atop the adjacent pairs of stumps.
What is Bails
400
If a new batsman takes longer than two minutes, from the time the previous wicket falls, to appear on the field.
What is Timed Out
400
If a fielder catches the ball on the full after the batsman has hit it with his bat.
What is Caught
400
Runs scored as byes are signalled by raising one arm over the head, palm open
What is Byes
400
A horizontal bat shot which pulls the ball around the batsman into the square leg area.
What is Pull.
500
wooden structures made up of a set of three stumps topped by a pair of bails.
What is Wickets
500
A defensive shot played with the bat vertical and angled down at the front, intended to stop the ball and drop it down quickly on to the pitch in front of the batsman
What is Block.
500
If a batsman is attempting to take a run, or to return to his crease after an aborted run, and a fielder breaks that batsman's wicket with the ball while he is out of the crease.
What is Run Out
500
Raising one leg and tapping the knee with one hand.
What is Leg byes
500
Like a pull shot, but played to a bouncer and intended to hit the ball high in the air over square leg - hopefully for six runs.
What is Hook