Cricket

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Across
  1. 1. There are several meanings of this: (1) The strip of grass or other surface between the stumps. (2) The stumps are also sometimes called this. (3) When a player is out - that's a ..........!
  2. 3. A hit that goes to the edges of the field, having touched the ground at least once, scoring 4 runs.
  3. 4. When a batsman is out without making a run.
  4. 5. A hit that goes into the boundary having bounced at least once on the playing field, scoring runs.
  5. 8. Cut Colloquial term for an inside edge which goes between the legs and the stumps. Also called a Chinese Drive.
  6. 9. A score of one run off the bat.
Down
  1. 1. A bowling delivery that goes too much either side of the stumps so that it is not playable by the batsman. One run is given to the batting team for each of these, and another ball has to be bowled.
  2. 2. A bowling delivery that is directed at the base of the stumps or at his feet, which often slips under the batsman's bat for a wicket
  3. 6. A set of six balls that a bowler bowls in a row.
  4. 7. The duration that a team bats. Each team gets two of these to complete a match.
  5. 9. A hit that goes over the boundary line without touching the playing field, scoring this amount of runs.