underpitch

Definition

Cricket

• verb to bowl the ball so that it pitches well short of a good length, making it easy for the batsman to play
  Citation ‘The revival came with a stand of 124 in 30 overs from McMillan and David Richardson … as the England bowlers began to underpitch randomly and hopelessly’ (Mike Selvey, Guardian 19 August 1994)
  See length

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Contexts for “underpitch”

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• Cricket