Middle
Guard that covers the middle stump.
Middle and leg.-Guard that covers the middle and leg stumps. "wickets" Off, Off-side. - The opposite side to the "legside" (q.v.). Off-break. A twist of the ball by the bowler from the off to the leg-side.
Off the wicket. A ball not straight for the wickets.
One-leg.-Guard that covers the leg-stump only.
Over. A series of six balls delivered alternately from either end. Over the wicket. -Bowling so that the delivering arm passes over the wicket. Overthrows. - Runs scored after the ball has been thrown to the wicket-keeper or bowler but not stopped.
Pitch.-(i.) The ground between the wickets. (ii.) Synonymous with "Length" (q.v.). (iii.) Almost synonymous with to bowl." To make the ball strike a particular spot.
Place. To hit the ball intentionally out of a fieldsman's reach.
Play on. To hit the ball on to one's wicket.
Players. Professionals as opposed to amateurs.
Point. A fieldsman on the off-side, square with the wickets.
Popping-crease. - [See LAW 8.] Pull.-[See Hook.] Return the ball. - (i.) To throw it to bowler or wicket-keeper. (ii.) To hit it back to the bowler, especially used of a c and b. (q.v.). (iii.) A sharp straight throw is known as a good "return."
Return-crease. - [See LAW 7.] Round-arm bowling.-Bowling in which the hand is raised level with or over the shoulder.
Round the wicket. -The opposite to "over the wicket" (q.v.). “ Run out. (i.) A batsman is run out" who, in trying to score a run or runs, fails to reach the popping-crease before the wicket has been struck. [See Laws 2 and 49.] (ii.) A hit is " run out" when the batsmen actually run all the runs gained by the stroke, no allowance being made for boundaries or "lost ball."