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half-tracker

half-tracker noun: a ball bowled so as to pitch roughly half way down the wicket, i.e. half-way between batsman and bowler. (From a slow bowler this is a poor delivery, likely to be hit to the boundary.).

Noun

half-tracker (plural half-trackers)

  1. A ball bowled so as to pitch roughly half way down the wicket, i.e. half-way between batsman and bowler. (From a slow bowler this is a poor delivery, likely to be hit to the boundary.)
    • We'd got ourselves into a great position, and if I'd hit that half-tracker for six, we would've won the game.2004 February 16, Darren Lehmann, “Blue boy Phelps goes blazing on a sunny afternoon”, in The Sydney Morning Herald

Forms of half-tracker

pluralhalf-trackers

Questions about half-tracker

What does half-tracker mean?
Half-tracker means a ball bowled so as to pitch roughly half way down the wicket, i.e. half-way between batsman and bowler. (From a slow bowler this is a poor delivery, likely to be hit to the boundary.).
What part of speech is half-tracker?
Half-tracker is a noun.
What is the plural of half-tracker?
The plural of half-tracker is half-trackers.

Words near half-tracker in the dictionary

  1. half-toned
  2. half-tones
  3. half-toning
  4. half-track
  5. half-tracked
  6. half-tracker
  7. half-trackers
  8. half-tracks
  9. half-truth
  10. half-truths
  11. half-turn

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