International Institute of Cricket Umpiring & Scoring
Bottom edge
The edge of the bat closer to the ground, either at the bottom of the
blade or on the
lower side of a bat held horizontally; for the batsman,
the danger of a ball that comes off
the bottom edge is not that he will be caught,
but that the ball will be played on to his stumps.
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