steeplern.
/ˈstiːplə/ Cricket.
= skyer n., esp. one from which the batter is caught out.
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long ball1744
nip1752
catch1816
no-hit1827
cut1833
short hit1833
draw1836
drive1836
square hit1837
skylarker1839
skyer1840
skyscraper1842
back-cut1845
bum1845
leg sweep1846
slog1846
square cut1850
driver1851
Harrow drive1851
leg slip1852
poke1853
snick1857
snorter1859
leg stroke1860
smite1861
on-drive1862
bump ball1864
rocketer1864
pull1865
grass trimmer1867
late cut1867
off-drive1867
spoon1871
push1873
push stroke1873
smack1875
Harrow drive1877
pull-stroke1880
leg glance1883
gallery-hit1884
boundary-stroke1887
glide1888
sweep1888
boundary1896
hook1896
leg glide1896
backstroke1897
flick1897
hook stroke1897
cover-drive1898
straight drive1898
square drive1900
edger1905
pull-drive1905
slash1906
placing stroke1907
push drive1912
block shot1915
if-shot1920
placing shot1921
cow-shot1922
mow1925
Chinese cut1937
haymaker1954
hoick1954
perhapser1954
air shot1956
steepler1959
mishook1961
swish1963
chop-
1959 Times 7 Aug. 4/2 He was caught and bowled off a steepler.
1963 Times 5 Feb. 3/6 Parfitt at long-on judged a steepler well to end the innings.
1976 Cricketer Internat. Sept. 35/2 Crockham Hill caught everything, including two stupendous steeplers in the last over.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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