corridor of uncertainty

British  

noun

1. cricket an area of a wicket just outside a batsman's off stump, so located that the batsman will have difficulty in deciding whether or not to play a ball bowled into it

2. soccer an area of the pitch between the defenders and the goalkeeper, in which it is not clear who should take the responsibility of dealing with a ball played into it

3. any situation in which the right course of action is not clear

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Example Sentences

Davis whistles an inviting ball along the corridor of uncertainty, but there’s nobody in claret keeping up with him, and Everton can deal with the situation easily enough.

From The Guardian

Ten more minutes passed when Jason McAteer barrelled down the right and rolled a gorgeous ball along the corridor of uncertainty, teeing up Collymore to force the ball home at the far post.

From The Guardian

It is a corridor of uncertainty.

From Economist

He lays off to Herrera, who whips a gorgeous low cross along the corridor of uncertainty.

From The Guardian

EDT 14:07 80 min Dawson’s superb low cross from the right flashes through the corridor of uncertainty with Berahino just unable to reach it at the far post.

From The Guardian