Definitions
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- noun cricket A ball bowled so as to
pitch roughly half way down the wicket, ie. half-way between batsman and bowler. (From aslow bowler this is a poordelivery , likely to be hit to theboundary .)
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Examples
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Collingwood replies with a 61mph legside half-tracker that Yousuf paddles for one.
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A short half-tracker from Prasanna and Marsh leans back and crunches it in front of square on the off side for four.
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A short half-tracker from Prasanna and Marsh leans back and crunches it in front of square on the off side for four.
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Oh dear, his first ball is a half-tracker - and a front-foot no-ball at that.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Alan Tyers 2011
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Mathews gives a rank Watson half-tracker a short-arm jab to the mid-wicket fence.
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What a shot by Cook as he smashes another wide half-tracker to the fence in front of the Jane McGrath Stand.
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His first ball is an abysmal half-tracker that Styris pings over short fine leg for four.
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It was a bit of a half-tracker from Finn and Hussey seemed to just scoop the ball up in the air to Anderson at mid-wicket, who took a very easy catch.
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Shahadat rams in another half-tracker and Bell pulls it for three.
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Bravo, who was given a reprieve in the 20th over when Michael Clarke missed a clear-cut run-out chance, will be kicking himself after hooking a half-tracker from Hussey straight down the throat of Hilfenhaus in the deep.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009
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