CRICKET JARGONS : "B"

Back foot
In a batsman's posture the back foot is the foot that is closest to the stumps. A bowler's front foot is the last foot to make contact with the ground before the ball is released. The further foot is the back foot. Except the bowler is bowling off the wrong foot the bowling foot is the back foot.
Back foot contact
It is the situation of the bowler at the split second when his back foot lands on the view just prior to delivering the ball.
Back foot shot
A shot played with the batsman's load on his back foot (i.e. the foot furthest away from the bowler)
Back spin
(Also under-spin) a delivery which has a revolution backwards so that after pitching it immediately slows down, or bounces lower and skids on to the batsman.
Backing up
The non-striking batsman send-off his crease for the period of the delivery in order to shorten the space to complete one run. A batsman "backing up" as well far runs the risk of being run out moreover by a fielder in a conventional run out, or – in a "Mankad”– by the bowler themselves. After a fielder chases the ball, one more fielder positioned at an advance distance also moves into position so that if the fielder mis-fields the ball, the smash up done is minimal. In accumulation done to support a fielder getting a throw from the outfield in case the throw is errant or not caught.
Backlift
The invigorating of the bat in preparation to hit the ball.
Bail
One of the two miniature pieces of wood that lie on top of the stumps to form the wicket. Example: "Play was belated because the bowler's approaches were slippery"
Ball
The encircling object which the batsman attempts to strike with the bat. Also a delivery.
Bang (It) In
To bowl a delivery on a shorter length with further speed and force. The bowler is said to be "bending his back" when bashing it in.
Bat
The wooden execute with which the batsman endeavor to strike the ball.
Bat - Pad
A fielder who is in point close to the batsman to catch the ball if it hits the bat, then the pad, and ascends to a catchable height. Also a defence in opposition to being given out lbw, that the ball may have hit the bat first, conversely imperceptible.
Batsman
A player on the batting side, or a player whose specialty is batting more specifically, batsman may pass on to one of the two members of the batting side who are at present at the crease: either the batsman who is on strike, or the batsman who is at the non-striker's end. The word batter was unfamiliar in men's cricket until the 1980s, when political correctness obliged the adoption of a gender neutral term.
Batting
The act and skill of shielding one's wicket and scoring runs.
Batting Average
The common number of runs scored per innings by a batsman, premeditated by dividing the batsman's total runs scored through those innings in question by the amount of times the batsman was out.
Batting collapse
Is used to illustrate the situation where an amount of batsmen are dismissed in rapid series for very few runs. A middle order batting crumple can be mainly ruinous as it leaves only the bowlers to bat.
Batting end
The end of the pitch at which the striker locates
Batting order
The sort in whom the batsmen bat, from the openers, in the course of the top order and middle order to the lower order.
BBI or Best
An acronym for the best bowling figures in an innings the whole time the entire career of the bowler. It is clear as, firstly, the supreme number of wickets taken, and secondly the smallest runs accepted for that number of wickets. (Thus, a performance of 7 for 102 is considered better than one of 6 for 19.)
BBM
An acronym for the best bowling figures in a match during the entire career of the bowler. It is defined as, firstly, the greatest number of wickets taken, and secondly the fewest runs conceded for that number of wickets in a complete match, as disparate to BBI which is the same statistic for an innings.
Beach Cricket
An informal form of the game, perceptibly cricket played on beaches, particularly in Australia, Sri Lanka and cricket-playing Caribbean countries.
Beamer
A delivery that reaches the batsman at something like head height with no bouncing. Owed to the risk of injury to the batsman, a beamer is an illicit delivery, liable to be punished by a no ball being called. If a creature bowler bowls more than two beamers in an innings, they can be excluded from bowling for the remainder of that innings.
Beat the bat
When a batsman intently evades touching the ball with the edge of his bat, in the course of good fortune fairly than skill. Measured a moral victory for the bowler. The batsman is believed to have been beaten. In some instances, this may be prolonged to "beaten all ends up".
Beehive
An illustration showing where a number of balls, typically from a particular bowler, have passed the batsman.
Bend the back
Of a speed bowlers, to set in extra effort to mine extra speed or bounce
Belter
A belter of a pitch is a pitch donating advantage to the batsman
Bite
The twirl a spin bowler is able to fabricate on a pitch
Block
A protective shot; To play a protective shot. The region of the field restrain the pitch and any extra pitches (being equipped for other games)
Block hole
The area among where the batsman rests his bat to obtain a delivery and his toes. It is the intention area for a Yorker.
Bodyline
A tactic (now concealed by law changes confining fielders on the leg side) connecting bowling directly at the batsman's body, predominantly with close fielders packed on the leg side. The term "Bodyline" is regularly used to depict the contentious 1932–33 Ashes Tour. The tactic is often called "fast leg theory” in other contexts
Bottom hand
The hand of the batsman that is nearby to the blade of the bat. Shots played with the bottom hand frequently are hit in the air and illustrated as having a lot of bottom hand.
Bouncer
A rapid short inclined delivery that rises up near the batsman's head.
Boundary
The border of the ground Four runs. In addition used to point out a four and a six cooperatively; the rope that isolates the perimeter of the ground.
Bowled
A method of a batsman's dismissal. Arises when a delivery hits the stumps and eliminates the bails.
Bowled out
Of the batting side, to have gone ten out of its eleven batsmen (thus having no more authorized batting partnerships and being all out). (In this case it has naught to do with the picky dismissal bowled.)
Bowler
The player on the fielding side who bowls to the batsman
Bowling
The act of delivering the cricket ball to the batsman.
Bowling action
The set of movements that result in the bowler releasing the ball in the general direction of the wicket
Bowl - Out
A method of deceiving the result in a Twenty 20 International game that has been tied. Five players from each team bowl at a full set of stumps, and the team with the most hits wins. If the number of hits is equal after both team's turns, further sudden death turns are taken. The concept is analogous to the penalty shootout used in other sports.
Bowling Analysis
A shorthand algebraic notation summarising a bowler's performance
Bowling Average
The average number of runs scored off a bowler for each wicket he has taken. I.e. total runs conceded divided by number of wickets taken.
Bowling end
The conclusion of the pitch from where the bowler bowls
Bowling foot
The foot on the identical side of the body that a bowler holds the ball. For a right handed bowler the bowling foot is the right foot.
Box
A defensive item shaped like a half-shell and slotted in into the front pouch of a jockstrap worn underside a player's (particularly a batsman's) trousers to protect his or her genitalia from the hard cricket ball. Also identified as an 'abdominal protector', 'Hector protector', 'ball box', 'protector' or 'cup'.
Brace
Two wickets taken off two successive deliveries.
Break
A suffix used to portray the ball changing path after pitching caused by the bowler’s spin or cut. For illustration, a leg spinner will deliver leg breaks (moving from leg to off).
Breaking the wicket
The act of dislocate the bails from the stumps
Buffet Bowling
Bowling of a very pitiable quality, such that the batsman is capable to "come and help himself" to runs, also Cafeteria Bowling.
Bump ball
A delivery that springs very close to the batsman's foot, after he has played a shot, such that it comes out to have come directly from the bat with no ground contact. The result is often a crowd catch.
Bumper
Old-fashioned name for a bouncer.
Bunsen
A pitch on which spin bowlers can twist the ball prodigiously. From the rhyming slang: Bunsen burner meaning 'Turner.