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

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 • Apr. 9, 2016

The follow-up delivery is decent enough too, a feisty short one in the corridor of uncertainty that Malik decides late on to leave alone.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2015

Stefan’s corridor of uncertainty: On Matt Chaney, who has taken it upon himself to record every death of an American football player.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2013

Hang Up and Listen’s weekly corridors of uncertainty: Mike’s corridor of uncertainty: The BCS’ “average” computer ranking is not the average of the BCS’s computer rankings.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2013

His corner is right in the corridor of uncertainty and David James does brilliantly to block Wayne Thomas' header.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2010