Meanings
plural sandshoe crushers
- ball gamesA yorker bowled at the batsman's feet.
Tony Greig was Australia's main stumbling block to victory. 'Thommo' worked out a solution to the problem, dismissing Greig in the 2nd innings with his famous 'sandshoe crusher'!
2002, “Cricket in the 70s”, in ABC TV, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2003Synonyms: toe-crusher
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA yorker bowled at the batsman's feet.
Origin
The term refers to the ball crushing the foot of the batsman, if not played with their bat. Sandshoe is not literal though: batsmen wear sturdy boots, not sandshoes, when batting.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
sandshoe crusher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandshoe%20crusher
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