Hammond Egg Joined: 10/12/2005 Posts: 955 Favourite Category: Football

It's around 4 o'clock, assuming the batsman is right-handed.

I presume it's called a corner because 'corner' alliterates with 'cow shot', though what always used to be called a 'cow shot' is now called a 'slog sweep'.

I'm sure someone else will know why it used to be called a cow shot!

Question Author: Sonyme Joined: 20/04/2007 Posts: 327 Favourite Category: Quizzes & Puzzles

Thankyou for that. I have been watching the second one-sided twenty/20 match of today - hence the delay in answering.
Having watched nearly all televisee cricket I have heard the expression many times but could never quite work ot where - it seems to be anywhere between 3 o'clock and 6 depending on commentator( What a lovely life they have!)

Zen Joined: 22/11/2004 Posts: 2275 Favourite Category: News

Cow Shot 1. n. colloquial term for a lofted shot played by a batsman towards cow corner.

http://www.dangermouse.net/cricket/glossary/c.html

Zen Joined: 22/11/2004 Posts: 2275 Favourite Category: News

OOps !! Pasted wrong one.

Cow Corner 1. n. colloquial term for the region of the field foreward of deep square leg, where unskilled batsmen tend to hit the ball in the air when attempting to hit hard and score boundaries.

Neilzulu1 Joined: 24/02/2007 Posts: 1468 Favourite Category: Body & Soul

Unskilled, i think you are talking from your ar$e. That is a hard shot as the timing and placement must be accurate to avoid being caught.

simpson711 Joined: 17/09/2007 Posts: 15 Favourite Category: Gaming

it's like 4 0 clock like hammond Egg said. Theres no caroners on a cricket field because otherwise the boundaries would either be too shorts at the sides or too long to cow corner.