What is playing inside the line of the ball in cricket?

Answer 1

This is a term used to describe a shot where the batsman instead of offering no shot to a ball that he wants to leave goes through the motion of playing a shot but well away from the ball (usually close to his body) and therefore inside the line of the ball. Although it may appear at first glance that the batsman has been beaten, the batsman has just left the ball without playing.