Eagle-Eye

see ball tracking

Economical

A bowler with a low economy rate who concedes few runs from their over(s). The inverse of expensive.

Economy rate

The average number of runs allowed per over delivered by a single bowler. Lower values are preferable.

Edge (or snick or nick)

A slight deviation of the ball off the edge of the bat. The four edges of the bat are denoted by the top, bottom, inside, and outside edges. The bat has four notional edges because it is either vertical (inside/outside edge) or horizontal (top/bottom edge). Also see leading edge.

Eleven

Another name for an eleven-player cricket team.

End

A section of the ground directly behind one of the stumps that is used to indicate which end a bowler is bowling from (for example, the pavilion end). The bowlers alternate between delivering alternating overs from opposite ends of the pitch.

End of an innings

When a wicket falls or a batter retires and the batting side has no more not out batters available to bat, or when the batting side’s captain declares, the batting side’s innings ends.

Expensive

a bowler with a high economy rate who concedes a large number of runs from their over(s). The opposite of economical.

Express pace

Fast bowling at speeds above 150 km/h

Extra

(called a sundry in Australia)

A run awarded to the batting team that is not attributed to a specific batter. These are separately recorded on the scorecard. Byes, leg byes, wides, no-balls, and penalties are the five types. Wides and no-balls are also recorded in the bowling analysis as runs conceded; the rest are not attributed to the bowler.