Half volley - A ball that is the perfect length for driving, fuller than a good length but not a full-toss
Handled the ball - If the batsmen deliberately touches the ball with his hands he can be given out. Michael Vaughan fell victim to this in India on 2002-03 tour in Bangalore
Hawk-Eye - A tracking technology which helps to explain the intricacies of the sport, Hawk-Eye can be helpful in judging LBWs. At the moment it is used mainly for arm-chair umpiring, although one day it may be used in an official capacity
Heavy ball - When a delivery is quicker than it looks and hits the bat harder or higher than is expected
Hit the ball twice - If a batsmen deliberately strikes the ball twice to gain runs he can be given out. However, the batsman can knock the ball away from his stumps with the bat
Hit the deck - The bowler's ability to deliver the ball from height and extract extra bounce from the pitch
Hoick - Same as slog, but most used for on-side shots
In-ducker - An inswinging delivery that moves into the batsman very late. Wasim Akram produced deadly versions with the older ball
Inside out, turning the batsman - A batsman aims to leg but the ball goes past the off and he is forced to play the ball open-chested
Inside-out shot - A stroke where the batsman moves towards the leg side and hits a ball around leg stump into the off side
Jaffa - A delivery that is too good for the batsman, and leaves him groping hopelessly at thin air or (as the bowler will hope) dismisses him
King pair - Hardly worth turning up if you get one of these � out first ball for zero in both innings
Leading edge - When the batsman mis-hits the ball and edges it forward in the opposite direction to which he was attempting to play
Leg-bye - When the ball deflects off the pad and the batsmen run. A shot must be offered to the ball. Leg-byes do not count against the bowler
Leg-break/spin - When the ball pitches and turns from leg to off for a right-hander
Leg-cutter - A ball which cuts and moves away from the batsman towards the offside (if he is a righthander)
Leg-side - The area of the pitch behind the batsman's legs
Leg theory See Bodyline
Length Where the ball pitches down the wicket. Lengths can be generally short, full or good
Lifter - A ball that rises unexpectedly
Line - The line of attack the bowler employs when he is bowling
Lollipop - A really easy ball to hit - a 'gift'
Long hop - a ball which pitches short, sits up and 'begs' to be hit
Loop - The flight of the ball
Maiden - An over where no runs that are attributable to the bowler are scored (byes or leg-byes may be scored in this over, though, as these don't count against the bowler)
Manhattan A bar graph of runs scored per over which resembles the Manhattan skyscrapers skyline
Mankad - A term popular mainly in indoor cricket - but also fairly popular in Australia for outdoor cricket. Mankad is when the bowler brings his arm round and, instead of releasing the ball, runs out the non-striker by whipping off the bails. This type of dismissal is rare - and usually a warning is given to the batsman beforehand. Named after Vinoo Mankad, who twice dismissed the Australian Bill Brown this way
MCC - The Marylebone Cricket Club, the spiritual home of cricket at Lord's in St Johns Wood in London. For the greater period of cricket's formal history, the MCC which was founded in 1787, was the autocratic arbiter in cricket matters. No law could be changed without its approval. And while the administration of the game world-wide has moved to the International Cricket Council, and to the England and Wales Cricket Board in Britain, the MCC is still regarded as the ultimate defender of the laws of the game, a type of Privy Council of cricket. For many years, English touring teams were known officially as the MCC but as the 'great' has ebbed away from Britain and its colonies, so the influence of the MCC has diminished. Also the initials of the Melbourne Cricket Club in Victoria.
Middle - To hit the ball from the meat of the bat, "to middle it" is to connect really well. Middle is also the centre of the field, where the bulk of the action takes place
Military Medium - A slightly derogative term for a bowler who has no real pace
Minefield - A difficult batting track. The pitch is in such a state of disrepair that it is almost impossible to play "proper" shots as the ball is popping up everywhere
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