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CRICKET

The Cricket fever is on. Let's look into some of the Interesting terms we come across in a game of Cricket :-

  1. KNUCKLEBALL:
    A Knuckleball is a slow ball delivery used by a fast bowler. It forces the batsmen to play the ball early so resulting him in missing the ball completely or pulling it in the air for an easy catch.
  2. DUCK:
    Duck is the shortened version of the actual term "duck's egg out" meaning a zero score. When a batsman gets out on the first ball then it is called a Diamond Duck.
  3. NELSON:
    A Nelson is superstitious and mythical vernacular used in cricket. A score of 111 or multiple of 111 by either a team or an individual, is called a nelson or double nelson and so on.
  4. NERVOUS NINTIES:
    Completing a century or 100 runs in a game of cricket is also a game of nerves and wits. A score more than 90 runs on the scoreboard with a nervousness in order to complete a century, is called Nervous Nineties.
  5. DUCKWORTH-LEWIS-STERN:
    When a crucial game of cricket gets interrupted due to bad weather Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Method is used to calculate the target score for the team going to bat in the second innings. This method has proven to be the most accurate method to calculate the target score and can only be used in limited overs match.