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full toss

British

noun

cricket a bowled ball that reaches the batsman without bouncing

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Root at least claimed a wicket in the closing stages when Matt Fisher somehow hit a full toss to mid-on before Archer bounced out Potts for 53 with the final ball of the day.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

With 42 needed from 22, Dottin bowled Harris a head-high full toss which she hit for four.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

The pair found the boundary regularly enough to keep the score moving and Wareham ended the innings with a bang, smashing a Jess Jonassen full toss into the stands.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025

Overton got the treatment in the next set, then it was the turn of Akeal Hosein and by the time Jacks was bowled by a Mills full toss, the platform had been set.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2024

Having dismissed Powell with the 90th ball of the innings, England seamer Sam Curran was taken out of the attack after the next delivery, having sent down a second above waist-height full toss.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2024

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