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yorker
noun[ C ]
sports specializeduk /ˈjɔː.kər/ us /ˈjɔːr.kɚ/
in cricket, an occasion where the ball is bowled (= thrown to the batter) fairly fast so that it lands very close to the batter and passes underneath their bat (= the shaped piece of wood used to hit the ball):
I've been working on perfecting my yorker.
She was beaten by a fast yorker and clean bowled.
He jammed his bat down on an attempted yorker at the last moment.
The batter mistook the yorker for a half-volley.
He has become a specialist in the death overs of ODIs where he bowls yorkers and slow bouncers
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