Talk:caught and bowled

Idiomatic

Two reasons this is an idiom

1. It's actually the other way round; bowled and caught, the bowler can't catch the ball before he bowls it!
2. It's not obvious that this is an adverb, usually describing the verb 'get out' or 'be out'.

Mglovesfun (talk) 19:19, 20 October 2011 (UTC)