yorker
cricket
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bowling techniques
- In cricket: Bowling
A yorker is a ball pitched on or inside the popping crease. A full pitch is a ball that the batsmen can reach before it hits the ground. A long hop is a ball short of good length.
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Garner
- In Joel Garner
…among the game’s most deadly yorkers (a delivery in which the ball bounces just at the feet of the batsman, negotiating the fine line between a nearly unhittable delivery and the seldom-thrown “full toss,” in which the ball does not bounce at all and is usually driven solidly by the…
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