What is an overpitched delivery in cricket?

Answer 1

A ball pitched very close to the batting crease that the batsman can play as soon as it is pitched

Answer 2

When a bowler bowls the ball in cricket, how far along the cricket pitch it bounces is called the length. The spot where it actually bounces is referred to as where is pitches. You'll hear a commentator say something like "He's pitched that at a good length." all the time. Meaning the ball has bounced at a good spot on the cricket pitch.

What's a good spot? That depends on the situation, but generally a "well-pitched" delivery will bounce a few metres out from the batsman and be at about the level of the top of the stumps when it goes past. A "short-pitched" delivery is when the bowler bounces the ball closer to himself than the well-pitched delivery length. So the ball is bouncing earlier and is therefore at head height when passing the batsman. Sometimes this is called a bouncer and it's often used to intimidate batsmen.

Conversely, an "over-pitched" delivery is when the bowler bounces the ball further away from himself than a "well-pitched" delivery, so it could be bouncing right at the batsmens feet. When the ball lands right at the batsmen's feet that's called a yorker.

So that's what an "over-pitched" delivery is. But, just because it's not at a good length, doesn't mean it's bad. A well bowled yorker can be extremely effective in getting a batsman out. But they are hard to bowl and a good batsmen will score runs off a carelessly bowled "over-pitched" delivery, so a good bowler will use them sparingly and pull one out to surprise the batsmen when they least expect it. Mostly the words "over-pitched" are used to describe when a bowler doesn't bowl it where he wants it though.

Answer 3

an over-pitched delivery need NOT be closer to the legs.... below u can find an explanation on the various LENGTHS at which a bowler can deliver.....hope this helps:......

A good length ball is one that arrives at the batsman at around waist height. There is no fixed distance to a good length, or indeed any other length of ball in cricket since the distance required will vary with the speed of the ball, the state of the pitch and the height of the bowler and batsman.

A ball which bounces a little way before the good length and rises to the batsman's abdomen is said to be short pitched or described as a long hop and is easier for a batsman to hit as he will have had more time to see if the height or line of the ball has deviated after bouncing. A short-pitched ball is also at a more suitable height for the batsman to play an attacking pull shot. A ball which bounces way before the good length and reaches shoulder or head height is a bouncer and can be an effective delivery. Any ball which is short enough to bounce over the batsman's head is usually called wide by the Umpire. Bowling short pitched or wide balls is a bad idea as they are relatively easy for the batsman to defend or attack.

At the other end of the scale, balls which bounce slightly closer to the batsman than the good length are said to be...... FULL PITCHED OR OVER PITCHED or described as a HALF VOLLEY......
These are easier for the batsman to play than the good length because they don't have time to move much after bouncing off the seam. Closer still to the batsman's feet is the yorker, a very effective length if bowled correctly. If the ball fails to bounce at all before reaching the batsman it is labelled a full toss. It is very easy for a batsman to play such a delivery as it will not have deviated at all from bouncing off the pitch.

It is because the three effective lengths (good length, bouncer and yorker) are all interspersed by lengths which are easy for the batsman to hit that control of length is an important discipline for a fast bowler. Spin bowlers on the other hand are almost always aiming for the good length but need a much finer control of flight and line to be effective.

Answer 4

There are basically 4 lengths at which you can pitch a ball.

Yorker - when the ball pitches between the batsman's leg and the wicket

Good Length - this is the supposed to be "good" length at which a bowler is supposed to pitch to cause some sort of difficulty for the batsman.

Overpitched - when the bowler attempts to bowl a good length delivery, but due to inaccuracy he overpitches just after good length making it easy for the batsman to play a comfortable stroke (with ease)

Short pitched - when the bowler pitches the ball before good length, either due to inaccuracy or to surprise the batsman by a variation in length.

Answer 5

Usually when a bowler bowls he will maintain a specific pattern of pitiching the ball and its location, sometime he may get out of this area and bowl very close to the batsman which is neither a fulltoss nor a right pitch delivery. this sort of delivery is called as over pitch delivery.

Answer 6

An over pitches delivery is delivery that is easy for a batsman to hit within a comfortable slide forward from the popping crease

Answer 7

Overpitched delivery is nothing but absence of good line and length.it allows the batsman to go for a hit.

Answer 8

Ball is bitching head of length delivery.

Length delivery means Batman has to get confused to either front foot or back foot.

In another way we can over pitched deliver is full length delivery

Answer 9

A Ball pitched very close to the striking batsman ( excluding wide balls) by the bowler . It is just short of a yorker .

Answer 10

a ball pitched near the leg is called over-pitched delivery.