Idiom
short of a length
Meaning
of a ball that pitches short of a good length; a ball that bounces closer to the bowler than the area of the pitch regarded as the best for dismissing or restricting the scoring of the batsman.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The bowler delivered a ball that was short of a length.”
“The batsman easily hit the ball for four because the bowler kept bowling short of a length.”
“By consistently pitching the ball short of a length, the bowler allowed the batsman to settle into a comfortable rhythm and score runs with ease.”
Examples
simple
“The bowler delivered a ball that was short of a length.”
contextual
“The batsman easily hit the ball for four because the bowler kept bowling short of a length.”
complex
“By consistently pitching the ball short of a length, the bowler allowed the batsman to settle into a comfortable rhythm and score runs with ease.”
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