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He said that batting on this pitch was a challenge.

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  1. noun Any of various thick, dark, sticky substances obtained from the distillation residue of coal tar, wood tar, or petroleum and used for waterproofing, roofing, caulking, and paving.
  2. noun Any of various natural bitumens, such as mineral pitch or asphalt.
  3. noun A resin derived from the sap of various coniferous trees, as the pines.
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  • Vettori's ploy to bowl first so that he could bat when the pitch was at its best was undone by some wayward bowling by Southee. —  SiliconIndia.com
  • As his pitch is a slow 83mph fastball, it meant that it was almost impossible for him to prevent the steal. —  Anime Nano!
  • Fans running onto the pitch is a recurring problem. —  Thestar.com - Home Page
  • This in turn is thought to be related to the roots of the word pitch which is supposed to relate because it in turn means "fat" and you'd cook your flatbread in a little fat. —  podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history
  • Update: I just read the comments to the previous post, from during the match, and it reminded me that the state of the pitch was atrocious, which didn't necessarily help France, but they adjusted to that, I think, by playing short, careful passes. —  France World Cup Blog
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  1. Middle English pich, from Old English pic and from Anglo-Norman piche, both from Latin pix, pic-.
  2. Middle English pichen, probably from Old English *piccean, causative of *pīcian, to prick.

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  1. from Middle English picchen, pycchen (preterit pighte, piʒte, past participle pight, piʒt, pyʒt), pitch, fix, pick, etc.; assibilated form of picken, pikken, pick: see pick, v.
  2. from pitch, v. In def. 14 an assibilated form of pick, n., of same ult. origin.
  3. from Middle English pich, pych, pyche, pycche, assibilated forms of pik, pyk, pikke, pykke (later Scots pick), from Anglo-Saxon pic = Old Saxon OFries. pik = Middle Dutch pik, Dutch pek = Middle Low German pik, pek = Old High German peh, pech, beh, Middle High German pech, bech, German pech = Icelandic bik = Swedish beck = Danish beg = Gaelic pic = Welsh pyg = Old French peiz, pois (later Middle English peys, pays, pais), French poix = Spanish Portuguese pez = Italian pece, from Latin pix (pic-), pitch, = Greek πίσσ, σ1α, Attic πίττα (for *πίκγα), pitch, turpentine, also the fir-tree. = Lithuanian pikkis, pitch; prob. akin to Greek πίτνς, the pine-tree, Latin pīnus (for *picnus), the pine-tree: see pine.
  4. from Middle English pitchen (= Swedish becka = Danish bege); from the noun.
  5. An assibilated form of pick, variant of peak.
 

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