Simon Hughes
Cafeteria bowling - lots of loose deliveries that invite a batsman to, literally, 'help himself'.
Carry your bat - when an
opening batsman is not out when his team are bowled out.
Charge - a batsman
running down the pitch at
the bowler as, or before,
he releases the ball.
Chinaman - an unconventional ball bowled
by a left-arm spinner that turns in to the right-hand batsman.
Chinese cut - a ball grazing the inside edge of the bat and shooting just past the leg stump.
Chin music - intimidatory short-pitched bowling aimed at the batsman's head. It was
a West Indian expression originally.
Closing the face - turning the blade of the bat inwards
to hit a ball on the leg-side.
Cordon - the ring of close fielders behind the wicket.
Corridor of uncertainty - an area just outside the batsman's off stump. The batsman is unsure whether
to play or leave a ball landing here.
Cover/cover point - an
off-side fielding position on
the line of the batting crease about 25 yards from the bat. Derived from a much closer position that was literally on the point of the bat. A cover drive is a shot towards (and hopefully past) cover point.
Crease - the areas around the wickets marked with white lines that indicate the extent
of the batsman's safe territory (see popping crease). Also, the area within which the
bowler's feet must land
when bowling a ball (bowling crease and return crease).
Cross bat - bat swung in a horizontal motion, across the line of the ball.
Cut - an off-side shot
played with a downward,
axe-like movement of the bat.
It is also used to describe the movement of the ball off the pitch, as in 'cut back'.
Cutter - a fastish delivery that deviates after pitching, usually because the bowler has flicked his wrist slightly across the ball in release. Also, a batsman who favours the cut shot.
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