short-pitched

Definition

Cricket

• adjective (of a ball) pitching before it reaches a full length; short 2:
  Citation ‘The bowling of fast short pitched balls is dangerous and unfair if the umpire at the bowler’s end considers that … they are likely to inflict physical injury on the striker’ (Law 42 § 6)

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Contexts for “short-pitched”

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• Cricket