Cricket Vocabulary Quiz You can do this quiz online or print it on paper. It tests vocabulary on the Cricket page. 1. Small pieces of wood placed on top of the stumps are called pads wickets bails a) pads b) wickets c) bails 2. To protect their legs, batsmen and wicket-keepers wear stumps pads leggings a) stumps b) pads c) leggings 3. A ball that reaches the batsman without bouncing is called a full bowl full throw full toss a) full bowl b) full throw c) full toss 4. A batsman who goes out before scoring gets a hook duck zero a) hook b) duck c) zero 5. If it's been raining and a pitch is damp, it can be called a sticky mickey wickey wicket a) mickey b) wickey c) wicket 6. A delivery that spins away from the batsman, from the leg to off side, is a leg break spin over a) break b) spin c) over 7. If you score 100 runs, you've scored a triple a century a double fifty a) a triple b) a century c) a double fifty 8. A shot that reaches the boundary after touching the ground is a four five six a) four b) five c) six 9. A batsman is "bowled" if he misses the ball and it hits the crease wicketkeeper stumps a) crease b) wicketkeeper c) stumps 10. An over in which no runs are scored is called a maiden over single over clear over a) maiden over b) single over c) clear over Your score is: Correct answers:
