[1][2] Second, it is a method of dismissing a batter, by hitting the wicket with a ball delivered by the bowler.
Third, it is used in scoring to indicate which bowler is credited with dismissing a batter, when the batter is dismissed by being bowled, leg before wicket (LBW), caught, stumped, or hit wicket.
[3] A batter is out Bowled if his or her wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler.
If the delivered ball deflects off the bat, and bowls the batter, then the informal term is known as played on, knocked on, chopped on, or dragged on.
Muttiah Muralitharan holds the Test record for dismissing most batters (167) through the method of out Bowled.