Cricket Batting Terms Rules And Terms

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• Batting in cricket is the act or skill of hitting the ball with a bat to score runs and prevent the loss of one's wicket.
• Any player currently batting is officially referred to as a 'batter' regardless of whether batting is their primary skill, a rule updated in September 2021.
• The striker is the batter facing the current delivery from the bowler, while the non-striker is the batter waiting at the bowler's end.
• A 'shot' or 'stroke' is the term for the batter's act of hitting the ball.
• A 'duck' occurs when a batter is dismissed without scoring any runs, a name derived from the zero looking like a duck egg.
• A 'golden duck' is when a batter gets out for zero runs on the very first ball they face.
• A 'century' is a score of 100 or more runs by a batter in one innings, also known as a 'ton'.
• A 'half-century' is a score between 50 and 99 runs by a batter in a single innings.
• A 'four' is scored when a batter hits the ball over the boundary along the ground, while a 'six' is scored when the ball goes over the boundary on the full without touching the ground.
• A 'bye' is a run scored when the batter does not touch the ball with their bat or body, adding to the team score but not the batter's personal score.
• A 'leg bye' is a run scored when the ball hits the batsman's leg or body instead of the bat, provided a shot was offered; these do not count against the bowler's statistics.
• A 'diamond duck' occurs when a batter is dismissed without facing a ball, such as being run out from the non-striker's end.