West Indies Cricket Fans

Cricket has its own language, with words and phrases understood around the world: yorker, mid on, leg glance, etc etc.

Some cricket terms just don't work. Which bits of jargon that you hear on commentaries or read in papers or on-line would you want to bin?

I don't like 'nicked off'. People reading my article on Declaration Game about cricket language seem not to like 'maximum' (I.e. 6). What wouldn't you want to hear or read again?

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I don't mind the jargon, frankly....

What really annoys me, though, is the IPL jargon, such as DLF Maximum instead of six, a Karbon Kamal moment instead of game-changer, and all those phrases done to please sponsors.

mikesiva wrote:I don't mind the jargon, frankly....

What really annoys me, though, is the IPL jargon, such as DLF Maximum instead of six, a Karbon Kamal moment instead of game-changer, and all those phrases done to please sponsors.

True dat...they are taking away from what cricket jargon is all about!!!!

I love the "he swish and miss"..." batsman playing down memory lane" (after playing and missing a few time)....