Containing bowler

Someone who couldn't take a wicket on the world's most helpful pitch, in overcast conditions, iffy light and against a batsman who barely knows which end to hold.

See also; Able to hold an end up, he bowls dry

Good review

Employing the DRS in a manner that an obviously incorrect decision is overturned, i.e. used how it's supposed to be.

Synonym: Appalling decision.

Clean-up

1. To bring an innings to a close with a flurry of wickets.
"He's cleaned-up the tail and New Zealand have been bundled out for less than 50 for the third time in this series"

2. euph. Cover-up
As in: "[Unnamed cricket board with issues regarding match-fixing, corruption and bribery] launch Operation Clean-Up"

Experience, Not lacking in

Old.

I see Surrey have signed Solanki, Ponting, WG Grace and Wilfred Rhodes. They won't be lacking experience this season.

Angry

Dale Steyn's default mood

Y

Letter added to the end of an England player's surname to create a whole new and inventive nickname, e.g. Straussy, Cooky, Pately, Nawab of Pataudi-y

Dancing, Strictly Come

Inexplicably popular TV talent show where old cricketers go once they've lost any relevance to the modern world. See also Vaughan, Michael; Tufnell, Phil; Ramprakash, Mark; Gough, Darren

Gambhir, Gautam

Indian professional wedding attender and occasional cricketer.

Kieswetter, Craig

South African-born wicket-keeper who qualifies for England by virtue of a Scottish grandmother. You don't get more English for that.
The surname stems from the Afrikaans 'kie', which means iron-handed dolt, and 'swetten', which roughly translates as doesn't score runs quickly enough.

Shankar

1. One who lies about his age. "I know he's had work done, but that Shane Warne still reckons he's 41. I think he's a bit of a Shankar".

2. Derogatory Cockney rhyming slang. "Since he had that work done, Shane Warne looks like a right Shankar".

Champions League

Three-way circle jerk between the Indian, Australian and South African boards masquerading as a Twenty20 competition.

37

Number of runs hit by Chris Gayle off one IPL over.
It's not just that he did it, but that he did it with the ease of someone just practising his short game at the driving range. Chris Gayle now owns cricket.

Bevan, Michael

Australia's answer to Neil Fairbrother.

Gilchrist, Adam

Genre-defining Australian wicketkeeper-batsman. Ruined the career of many good glovemen who simply couldn't bat with the sheer brutality which defined his approach. May or may not have been aided by a squash ball. Has ears that are the eighth wonder of the world.

Gilly's ears

Ostentatious satellite dish that can pick up channels from the dark side of the moon. "Are you coming to watch the football at Dave's? He can get one of them Korean channels on his Gilly's ear". See also Gilchrist, Adam.

Rivers, Joan

American comedienne whose many-times-lifted face Shane Warne seems to want to resemble.

Kitchen sink

Shastri-ism. Item that is thrown when someone has a massive slog.

Treatment

Shastri-ism. What the batsman gives the ball when it's well struck.

Shastri, Ravi

Indian opener/off-spinner turned pundit. First pundit to graduate with a first-class degree from the University of Stating the Bleeding Obvious.

Lehmann, Darren

Tubby Australian middle-order batsman and purveyor of left-arm darts. One of Yorkshire's all-time greats, criminally underused by his country.
Existed as a player on a diet of lager and fags which makes one wonder just what sort of regime exists at his Academy.