Batting (cricket) square cut. The difference between the cut and the square drive is the height of the ball at contact: the cut is played to a ball bouncing waist high or above with the batsman standing tall, whereas the square drive is played to a wide ball of shin height with the batsman bending his knees and crouching low to make contact. A pull is a cross-batted shot played to a ball bouncing around waist height by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc in front of the body, "pulling" it around to the leg side towards mid-wicket or square leg.
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