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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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peach

Sports; Cricket

A delivery bowled by a fast bowler described as unplayable, usually a really good delivery that a batsman gets out to, or one that is too good that the batsmen cannot even edge.

dipper

Sports; Cricket

A delivery bowled which curves into or away from the batsman before pitching.

dot ball

Sports; Cricket

A delivery bowled without any runs scored off it, so called because it is recorded in the score book with a single dot.

half yorker

Sports; Cricket

A delivery intentionally bowled at the base of the stumps. Similar to half volley being a slightly over-pitched yorker.

half-volley

Sports; Cricket

A delivery that bounces just short of the block hole. Usually easy to drive or glance away.

short-pitched

Sports; Cricket

A delivery that bounces relatively close to the bowler. The intent is to make the ball bounce well above waist height (a bouncer). A slow or low-bouncing short-pitched ball is ...

bump ball

Sports; Cricket

A delivery that bounces very close to the batsman's foot, after he has played a shot, such that it appears to have come directly from the bat without ground contact. The result is ...