Batting (cricket) square-leg rather than to mid-wicket. It is almost exclusively used against reasonably full-pitched balls from slow bowlers, as only then does the batsman have time to sight the length and adopt the kneeling position required for the slog sweep. The front leg of the shot is usually placed wider outside leg stump to allow for a full swing of the bat. A upper cut is a shot played towards third man, usually hit when the ball is pitched outside the off stump with an extra bounce. It is a dangerous shot which can edge the batsman to keeper or slips
Field cricket bimaculatus", "G. campestris", "G. firmus", "G. pennsylvanicus", "G. rubens", and "G. texensis", along with other members of various genera including "Acheta", "Gryllodes", "Gryllus", and "Teleogryllus". "Acheta domesticus", the House cricket, and "Gryllus bimaculatus" are raised in captivity for use as pets. Field crickets are normally in size, depending on the species, and can be black, red or brown in color. While both males and females have very similar basic body plans, each has its own distinguishing feature(s). Females can be identified by the presence of an ovipositor, a spike-like appendage, about long, on the hind end of the abdomen between