Cow corner (cricket) Cow corner (cricket) The location of cow corner depends on a batsman's handedness, but it is always a part of the field in the deep on the batsman's leg side, typically stretching from forward of deep midwicket to backward of long on. The diagram shows the location of cow corner for a right-handed batsman. Cow corner is named because that is where 'cow shots' are intended to go. Cow shots are wild and risky shots which were considered to be mostly played by players with little knowledge of, or ability to apply, the more difficult techniques of the game. Such
Stickeen: An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier Stickeen: An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier Stickeen (1897) is a short memoir by American naturalist John Muir. It is about a trip he took in Alaska (1880) with a dog named Stickeen and their outing together on a glacier. It is one of Muir's best-known writings, and is now considered a classic dog story. It was first published in "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine" in September 1897 (V. 54, No. 5), under the title "An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier". The editor cut out parts of the original manuscript so Muir attempted a reconstruction when