The Cricket World Cup is underway in Australia and New Zealand. But unless you are from Britain, India, South Africa or a few other places, you are very likely so cricket-challenged that you don’t know a googly from a doosra. Fear not! Here is a quick look at a small fraction of the marvelously weird lexicon of cricket.

BEAMER A bean ball, bowled at the batsman’s head.

DIBBLY-DOBBLY A slow, not particularly good bowling effort.

DUCK A score of zero, named thus because a zero is shaped like a duck’s egg. A duck on the first ball is a golden duck. Two ducks in the same game by the same batter are a pair. Two golden ducks are a king pair.

DUCKWORTH-LEWIS An insanely complicated method for determining the winner if a match is stopped by rain. Makes the old Bowl Championship Series rankings seem like simple arithmetic.