strokelessadj.
/ˈstrəʊkləs/ Cricket.
Of a batter: lacking scoring strokes, or unable to play them freely, esp. owing to the style of bowling.
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1963 Times 30 May 4/7 Devereux, a left-hander of medium pace, rendered the patient Tebay runless and strokeless for lengthy periods by the simple expedient of bowling a shade short of a good length.
1981 Guardian Weekly 9 Aug. 24/5 With Border almost strokeless and scoreless but resisting bravely the morning session was uncomfortable for Australia.
1988 Cricketer Aug. 24/1 He was accused of dullness, accounted strokeless because his totals were laboriously built.
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