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overpitch, v.|ˌəʊvəˈpɪtʃ|
[over- 26. (Chiefly in pa. pple.)]
1. Cricket. trans. To pitch (a ball) too far in bowling, so that the batsman can hit it before it touches the ground. Also absol.
1851[see bowl v.1 4 b]. 1859All Year Round No. 13. 306 The first ball they bowled me was slow, overpitched, and to leg. 1958D. Bradman Art of Cricket 104/1 If one's length is faulty, over-pitch rather than under-pitch that new ball. 1963Times 28 May 4/5 On a perfect pitch, he played each good length ball with care, but those overpitched he punished severely and his 100 included four sixes and 10 fours.
2. fig. To pitch too high; to exaggerate.
1886F. H. Doyle Remin. 193 These praises appeared to me a little overpitched. 1976N. Roberts Face of France vi. 69 He is nondescript and correct, she high-coloured and over-pitched. 1977Church Times 28 Jan. 6/4 The tone of much of Kingsley's writing..now seems overpitched to an almost hysterical degree.
Hence overˈpitched ppl. a., of a ball: that is pitched too far.
1855[see break n.1 5]. 1897Ranjitsinhji Cricket 170 These on-drives should be kept for rather overpitched balls. 1900A. E. T. Watson Young Sportsman 147 He has lunged out as far as he can reach, hoping to ‘smother’ a somewhat over⁓pitched ball. 1958D. Bradman Art of Cricket 101/2 Learn to bowl the yorker if you can but be prepared to get hit for some fours off the overpitched balls in the process. |
