** When the batsman is BEATEN, it is a GOOD BALL!

** When the shot is FIELDED or runs not SCORED, it is WELL FIELDED!

** When the fielder misses to STOP the ball, it is a GOOD SHOT!

** When the batsman is OUT, it is well CAUGHT!

** When the ball hits the leg in front of the wickets, it is LEG BEFORE WICKET. One wonders where the batsman should keep their legs if not in front of the wickets!

** When the batsman is stranded in between the wickets, it is RUN OUT!

** The ground is wide open, still you have COVER!

** He leaves the wickets to the batsman, still he is known as the WICKETKEEPER!

** The bowler has to bowl six times and give no runs to have a MAIDEN (over)!

** Behind the wicketkeeper only one man fields, but he is known as the THIRD MAN! (Funny way of counting)

** When the batsman is out on the first ball, he gets the DUCK! (Wow!Delicious beginning indeed!)

** The umpires are allowed to rub the ball with sandpaper (when another ball is replaced), but when the bowler does the same – he is accused of BALL TAMPERING!

** You have three SLIPS, yet the ball slips for FOUR to have the last laugh!

** The Game – Where the Captain takes the credit for winning and blames the team for losing the MATCH!

** Didn’t the English men get any other term to name the game after an INSECT?

 ** A bowler is a SPINNER even though he spins the ball without a SPINNING WHEEL.

** Even though the BOWLER bowls, still you have a NO BALL!

** If the bowler bowls out of ‘OFF STUMP” – it is a GOOD BALL. But if he bowls out of “LEG STUMP” – it is a WIDE BALL!

** Even though he doesn’t score any runs, he is known as the SCORER!

** The bowlers are the DIRTIEST SPECIES – they use their saliva on the dirty ball before bowling every single ball. Also they rub the ball on their private areas shamelessly before bowling, in front of millions of people!  – How come CRICKET is called a GENTLEMEN’s GAME?

** The ball is “DEAD” – Now who will teach and tell the Englishmen that the BALL is a LIFELESS OBJECT?

** The wooden stick is called a BAT, once again named after an animal and in no sense resembles the BAT!

** The FIELDER catches the ball still the bowler gets the wicket – Funny isn’t it? If the fielder drops the ball, how will the bowler get the wicket? The Englishmen never thought of this aspect…

** The umpires are educated stewards, whose job is to carry players’ caps / sweaters etc – Isn’t it funny that their decisions are followed without any questions asked by Captains of the teams?