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Odds match

A game in which one side has more players than the other. In general the extra players were permitted to field as well as bat and so the bowling side had further 11 fielders.

One Day International (ODI)

A match among two national sides restricted to 50 overs per innings, played over at the majority one day.

Off break

An off spin delivery which, for a right-handed bowler and a right-handed batsman, will spin from the off side to the leg side (regularly into the batsman).

Off cutter

An off break delivery bowled by a fast or medium-pace bowler which travels into the batsman after thumping the surface. (The ball splits from the off-side to the prop side of the batsman).

Off side

The half of the pitch in front of the batsman's body as he takes smack. For the right handed batsman this is the right half of the pitch, glancing up the wicket towards the bowler, and the left half for the left handed batsman.

Off spin

A type of bowling in which the bowler conveys spin on the ball with the fingers as the ball is conveyed, and for that reason also known as "finger spin". The typical stock delivery for an off spinner is an off break, but other off spin deliveries incorporates the arm ball and the Doosra. The phrase off spinner is generally reserved for right handed bowlers who bowl in this manner. Left handers are depicted as traditional or untraditional.

On side

The half of the pitch at the back the batsman's body as he takes beats i.e. the left half for a right-handed batsman and the right for a left-hander (as well as known as the leg side).

On a length

Relating a delivery bowled on a good span.

On strike

The batsman presently facing the bowling assault is said to be on thump.

On the up

Illustrates a batsman playing a shot, generally a drive, to a ball that is rather short and has already ascend to knee height or more as the shot is played.

One�day cricket

A truncated type of the game, with just one innings per team, regularly with a restricted figure of overs and played over one day.

One down

A batsman who bats at number 3, a decisive position in the team's batting innings.

One short

The phrase used when a batsman fails to make contact with the ground away from the popping crease, and turns sustain for an added run.

Opener

• A batsman accomplished at batting at the start of an innings, when the ball is new.

• One of the bowlers who unwrap the innings, frequently the fastest bowlers in the side.

Orthodox

• Shots played in the acknowledged "textbook" manner, and batsmen who play in this system.

• A left arm spin bowler who spins the ball with his fingers. This conveys spin in the identical direction as a right-handed leg spin bowler.

Out

• The condition of a batsman who has been discharged

• The word occasionally spoken while raising the key finger by the umpire when answering a call for a wicket in the assenting.

Out dipper

A ladle that curves away from the batsman sooner than pitching.

Out swing

A delivery that curves away from the batsman.

Outfield

The part of the field deceitful outside the 30 yard (27 m) circle calculated from the centre of the pitch or, less officially, the part of the pitch furthermost from the wickets.

Over

The delivery of six successive legal balls by one bowler. Conventionally eight in Australia.

Over rate

The amount of overs bowled per hour.

Over the wicket

A right-handed bowler bowling to the left of the stubs, and vice-versa for a left-handed bowler.

Over arm

The deed of bowling with the arm wavering from at the back the body over the head, discharging the ball on the down hangs devoid of bending the elbow. This form of bowling is the only type in general allowed in all official cricket matches.

Over pitched delivery

A delivery that is full inclined but not a Yorker, vigorous just in front of the batsman. Well thought-out a poor delivery, as it simple for the batsman to get the middle of the bat to the ball. A more pitched ball is often a half-volley.

Overthrows (also buzzers)

The scoring of further runs due to a delinquent throw from a fielder. Intermittently used speciously for any runs achieved after a fielder misfields the ball. Also the hurl itself.