workhorse

Definition

Cricket

• noun a bowler whose main function is to bowl defensively for long spells in order to contain the batting side; a stock bowler
  Citation ‘Jackman, who was brought out here to be a workhorse, had not played in five weeks’ (Matthew Engel, Guardian 27 January 1983)

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