yorker
Ball targeting feet
A yorker is a cricket delivery that pitches directly at or just inside the batsman's crease, aimed at the base of the stumps or the batsman's feet.
It's one of the most difficult balls to defend against or hit, prized for its ability to sneak under the bat: He bowled a perfect yorker to shatter the stumps.
cricket
Pin-toppling player
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- stumpsCut tree bases
- wicketSmall subsidiary entrance
- batsmanCricket's offensive player
full-length · swing · seam · innings · crease · pitch · dismissal · pace
bowler
Pin-toppling player
batsman · full-length · swing · seam · innings · crease · pitch · dismissal · pace · bouncer
unexpected
Not anticipated beforehand
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- unplayableNot fit for play
jolt · startle · setup · disguise · variation · outfox · wrong-foot · bamboozle · deceive
- cricketbatsman, bowler, wicket, bat, ball
- Cricket Idiomssticky wicket, not cricket, bowled over, stumped, on the back foot
- Cricket Bowlingfast bowling, googly, bouncer, inswinger, outswinger
- IPL CricketIPL, auction, franchise, playoffs, finals
- West Indies Cricketregional teams
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
- New York CityAmerica's largest city
- New York TimesMajor American broadsheet
- The New York TimesLeading American newspaper
- New York YankeesFamed Bronx baseball squad
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