yorker

British

/ ˈjɔːkə /

noun

cricket a ball bowled so as to pitch just under or just beyond the bat

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Etymology

Origin of yorker

C19: probably named after the Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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Earlier openers Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Amy Jones, who made 16 and nine respectively, had sliced catches to the ring off spinner Amy Maguire and Alice Capsey bowled by an Orla Prendergast yorker for five.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

The tall paceman bowled Brook with a yorker next ball, but did not celebrate wildly -- instead he immediately went to congratulate the England captain in a superb show of cricket sportmanship.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

A power-packed Phoenix top-order was taken apart as the pace bowlers got the new ball swinging - David Willey bowling Ben Duckett before Ferguson pinned Aneurin Donald lbw with a brilliant in-swinging yorker.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025

Carse's swiping off Siraj was entertaining, his half-century reached with a straight six, before Siraj had his revenge with a middle-stump yorker.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

Then suddenly he realised that the thing was going to be a yorker, and banged his bat down in the block just as the ball arrived.

From Mike by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

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