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Define the following cricket terms

1. Exclusion Zone- This is marked in an arc extending at a radius of 3 meters from the
batting crease. No fielder can move on or extend over it from the commencement of the
bowler's run up until the ball is played at by the striker or passes the striker's wickets.

2. Leg side- is defined to be a particular half of the field used to play the sport of cricket.
From the point of view of a right-handed batsman facing the bowler, it is the left hand
side of the cricket field. With a left-handed batsman the on side is to the batsman's right. 

3. Edge of pitch- This is the back edge of the crease marking 4 feet from the center of the
stumps and it extends to a minimum of 6 feet on either side of the pitch.

4. non-strikers crease- This is where the batsman who is at the bowler's end at the time of a
delivery stays.

5. Bowling crease -This is the white line marked at each end of the pitch through the wicket
and ending at the return creases. The bowler 's front foot must not cross this line until
after the ball has been delivered.

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