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Yorker
A yorker is a delivery bowled to pitch right at the batter’s feet, under the swinging bat — one of the hardest balls to score off and a key death-overs weapon.
By landing full at the base of the stumps or the toes, the yorker denies the batter room to swing and threatens to slip under the bat to hit the stumps or pads. Bowlers use it especially at the death to limit big hitting. A yorker that is even slightly too full becomes a low full toss, easily driven — so precision is everything.
Example
Defending a low total at the death, the bowler nails a yorker into the batter’s toes to concede no run.
Related terms
- GooglyA googly is a deceptive wrist-spin delivery from a leg-spinner that turns the opposite way to the stock ball — toward a right-handed batter instead of away — disguised by an identical action.
- Front-Foot DefenceThe front-foot defence is a defensive batting stroke where the batter strides forward and blocks a good-length ball with a straight, angled bat to keep it down and safe.
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