yorker

Definition

A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.

Etymology

Possibly from 18th- and 19th-century slang phrase "to pull Yorkshire on a person", meaning to trick or deceive them. Compare come Yorkshire over.

Example Sentences

• "He bowled forty-seven toe crushing yorkers that resulted in the wickets of 6 batsmen."
• "I felt rather than saw the next three balls as they whistled around my ears and the last ball was a yorker that could have easily been fired out of a howitzer."