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"Attempted" same?

I'm wondering whether any of the cricket mavens can clarify the occasional usage "attempted yorker". Is this simply a matter of attempting to bowl at that length (without it turning (or being turned) into a half-volley or low full toss? Or does it, as it sometimes seem to, carry the connotation of "bowled a delivery of that length, but didn't get a dismissal"? Likewise, usages such as "he's been yorked", "yorking himself" (in effect, using it as the various parts of speech from the verb "to york") might be suggestive of the latter (or, I might be reading too much into them). Alai 00:49, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An attempted yorker is taken to mean one that went wrong, either by bowling it to far up or too short, or by the batsman making a well bowled yorker the wrong length by using his feet. A yorker that is defended is often said to have been dug out. Yorking yourself is a batsman making what would be a juicy half volley a yorker length ball by coming down the pitch to it, and getting in trouble. --LiamE 02:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I've heard those uses too. (I'm sure in theory one could also york oneself by playing a back-foot shot to an over-pitched ball, though that doubtless takes a real talent for disaster.) It's just that one generally hears "yorked himself" when the stumps are flying, and not "yorked himself but then dug it out", or anything to that effect. Likewise, "attempted yorker" doesn't necessarily seem to correspond to having made it into a playable ball (though maybe the length error was just too subtle for me). I have a fuzzy recollection of Benaud using "attempted yorker" a lot for (apparently) yorker-length deliveries, but "fuzzy" is a key word here. Alai 03:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What's a fuss toss?

Can that be explained in the article? --AW 19:52, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're thinking of the Full toss Mat (talk) 13:56, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OR?

I can't find anything on DDIT on WP. Is this OR? I moved this para to talk until we can find out it isn't. RJFJR (talk) 18:58, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If the bowler misses the yorker length but manages to generate downward deflection in trajectory(DDiT) then the delivery will still demand respect from batsman as the length of delivery is difficult to judge. On the otherhand if the downward deflection in trajectory(DDiT) is missed then it may be advantage to the batsman. Downward deflection in trajectory(DDiT) is a powerful yet unexplored area in bowling and works great for good length deliveries as well.

To "dew", or not to "dew"

Bless you, Wikipedia. I have discovered what Dewism ( https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dewism ) is!

Unfortunately, this definition does not address the word's usage in Origin of the Term, introduced in 7 December 2015 by 213.210.61.124 (talk). So I am removing the term and replacing it with "slang" which previously occupied the slot. 124.168.127.7 (talk) 12:49, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not to be confused

with Yorkie. הראש (talk) 15:33, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]