This article is from the RSC/UKSC Cricket FAQ, by Ganesh with numerous contributions by others.
Fast-Medium
But, shouldn't it be the other way around?
Yes.
Pretend what the commentators are actually saying
is something like: (add a mental pause in between
when you see the open bracket)
X is Fast(Medium).
Y is Medium(Fast).
Therefore X is faster than Y.
QED
 
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