What it means Wafting outside the off stump

What it really means Move your feet

What it doesn't mean Trescothick's tired of playing for England and has taken up angling

Submitted by: Ed Roe, UK

What it means to Sehwag See that the ball is off to the boundary

What it means to NZ openers See the ball, say hullo and return to the pavilion

What it means Using the middle portion of the bat

What it doesn't mean Deboning a bat, you know, the flying mammal

What it could occasionally mean Shane Warne eating a pork pie during nets

What it means An agile fielder

What it doesn't mean An A-rated movie, a paparazzi attack, Sourav Ganguly

Used to refer to The Indian cricket team

Not to be confused with Men who are in the adult movie business

Used often by Ravi Shastri

Also by Wannabe Indian sportscasters who want to sound as "cool" as Ravi Shastri

Submitted by: Venkat, India

What it means They know what they have to do

What it doesn't necessarily mean They can do what they know they have to do

What they actually know It can't be done

What it's supposed to mean He might take some wickets

What it doesn't mean A career in commerce

What we hope it doesn't mean The player has been talking to bookies

Submitted by: Michael Gordon, New Zealand

What it means A powerful batsman, capable of hitting sixes

What it doesn't mean A football forward who has overcome hygiene issues

Get this free When he hits it, it stays hit

Submitted by: Shitij Dewani, India

What it's supposed to mean Wickets

What it could mean in the IPL Ad breaks

What it could also refer to Mohammad Yousuf not only failing to prevent a single but allowing the batsmen to turn and gently amble back for a second

Submitted by: Pat Woods, Taiwan

What it means The umpire turned down an appeal

What it doesn't mean The umpire turned down a player's request for a date

What if it were "the opposition is not interested"? That would mean Ponting's pre-series catches agreement between captains

Scorers' reply Oh yeah? Who puts the duck in?

As in While Matthew Hayden didn't trouble the scorers, he did cause great annoyance to the cleaning staff, who had to pick up the glass shards of the dressing room door he smashed in frustration.

When it is used You know and they know, but still you never know

Best used when The team batting second is 60 for 7 chasing 350

Get this free Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties.

Submitted by: Tilak, India

What it supposedly means The subject has played enough cricket to know, expect and be prepared for a tricky situation

What it really means Retire already and join us in the commentary box

Not to be confused with A pensioner

Submitted by: Kumar Bondukarra, Sri Lanka

What it means To have a heave at the ball, sans footwork, and connect miraculously

Best uttered in A hectoring, sing-song yell, in the manner of one auditioning for a role as an MC for the World Wrestling Federation; i.e., every second cricket commentator

Not to be uttered in A maternity ward

What it means A hard hit to the boundary

What it also means Having just used the tracer bullet observation, Ravi Shastri went with Cliché B this time

Not to be taken as An invitation to break into the Chennai Super Kings theme song, "Whistle Podu"

Falls in the question category of Rhetorical. Eg: What just happened here? What's the captain thinking?

But can we answer it? Well, it's a question of physics. When an object comes in contact with a surface, friction is produced… No? Not that answer? Then we've got nothing

What it means He can handle pressure, this bloke

What it does not mean When push comes to shove in a flea market, he can drive you a good bargain

Not to be confused with Vijay Mallya, when he is thinking of who to buy in the next IPL auction

Aka The process by which an allegedly fast bowler, perverting the laws of physics, drains the pace off a fast ball, thereby converting it to a slow one

Maybe he's just not fast then? No, he's a canny customer and a crafty operator

Wasn't in the lexicon when Old Thommo was running up and going whang

Does not mean Picking a squad for the Under-19 World Cup

Also does not mean Showing your ID at a bar

What it does mean Only the toughest will survive in international cricket

So commentators have read On the Origin of Species? Unlikely

What it means Chipping in, pulling one's weight, contributing to the cause - all that good stuff

Usually used when Flat-track bullies gorge on easy runs off dollies served up by buffet bowlers

What it doesn't mean Turning up for the game in a silly hat holding a box of streamers

What it also doesn't mean Turning communist after retiring