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What is a yorker?

What is a yorker? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (cricket) a ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease
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Then suddenly he realised that the thing was going to be a yorker, and banged his bat down in the block just as the ball arrived.
He is also capable of generating swing through the air, as witnessed by his menacing inswinging yorker, which he will throw in just for variety.
Pollock bowled a yorker aimed at off-stump which Kumble edged towards the third man boundary.
His usual pace was about that of Alec Bedser, with a faster ball and a slower one, in well-concealed reserve, and the ability to bowl a yorker.
With four runs needed to win, Lee drove Harmison's attempted yorker towards the boundary where it was fielded.
Instantly Enoch had his rifle to his shoulder and had drawn bead upon the yorker.

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