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Bowl too far up to put six balls on the wicket (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overpitch

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'bowl' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'too far up to put six balls on the wicket' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'up' could be 'over' and 'over' is located in the answer.
'put' could be 'pitch' (pitching is a kind of putting) and 'pitch' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for overpitch that I've seen before include "Send a delivery too far" , "Bowl (ball) so as it bounces in front of batsman and is easily hit" , "Exaggerate" , "Bowl too long (cricket)" , "Bowl beyond the best distance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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