Mosman Park Cricket Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. The wooden paddle with which the batsman defends his wicket and scores his runs.
  2. 5. The two pegs that are held horizontally in grooves at the top of the stumps.
  3. 6. One hundred runs scored by a single batsman in a single innings.
  4. 7. To get a batsman out.
  5. 8. A wrist-spinner's off-break, bowled with an action similar to that for the leg-break.
  6. 9. The decision of the batting captain to close his innings.
  7. 10. A straight-batted, front-foot batting shot, in front of the wicket.
  8. 11. -- Fielder in catching position, slightly behind square on the off side
  9. 15. A player who can both bat and bowl. (2 words)
  10. 16. A ball from which no run is scored and no wicket falls. (2 words
  11. 17. Run scored from a ball that hit neither the batsman's bat nor his body.
  12. 18. The edge of the playing area, usually 50 to 80 metres from the wicket and marked by a line, rope or fence.
  13. 19. When a batsman is out without scoring any runs.
  14. 20. A ball which crosses the boundary after having first touched the ground, and which scores four runs.
  15. 21. A defensive batting shot, purely to keep the ball off the wicket.
Down
  1. 1. toss A ball that reaches the batsman without bouncing.
  2. 3. The fielding side's invitation to the umpire to give a batsman out.
  3. 4. A fast, shortpitched ball, bowled to rise off the pitch to the height of the batsman's chest or head.
  4. 5. Tactic employed by England during the 1932-33 Ashes series in Australia.
  5. 9. An Australian superstition concerning the number 87 and, by extension, 187, 287 etc. (2 words)
  6. 12. Three wickets taken in successive balls. (2 words)
  7. 13. A quite excellent Chinese restaurant in Mackay. Also a special case of a duck in which the batsman is out on his first delivery of an innings. (2 words)
  8. 14. When the ball is not in play. (2 words).