bump ball

noun

bump ball

noun
1

Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A ball that bounces off of the pitch immediately after being hit by the bat, and goes up in the air.

  • The umpire believed, mistakenly, that it was a bump ball and Boucher was allowed to remain at the crease.2005, David Fraser, Cricket and the Law: The Man in White is Always Right, →ISBN, page 302:

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