It's just not Cricket.
Being from the UK, I try to think of the situation as the same as a Cricket Bat and Ball; with the bat being the wing and the ball being an air molecule. If you swing correctly and hit the ball a glancing shot, the ball changes direction and heads to the outfield. If you miss and the ball passes behind the bat, it doesn't deflect at all... So maybe the cricket analogy just does not work here.