"half-tracker" meaning in All languages combined

See half-tracker on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: half-trackers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} half-tracker (plural half-trackers)
  1. (cricket) A ball bowled so as to pitch roughly half way down the wicket, i.e. half-way between batsman and bowler. (From a slow bowler this is a poor delivery, likely to be hit to the boundary.)
    Sense id: en-half-tracker-en-noun-hlugxK7p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cricket Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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