corridor of uncertainty
Cricket
noun
An area just outside the batsman's off stump, commonly used as a line of delivery by the bowler with the intention of leaving the batsman uncertain whether or not to play a shot; (also in extended use) a situation or course of action which causes hesitation or uncertainty over how to proceed.
- Use of this phrase is associated particularly with Geoffrey Boycott (b. 1940), English cricketer and cricket commentator..
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in The Adelaide Advertiser.
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