a. Cricket. [f. WRIST + -Y1.] Performed by flexure of the wrist; marked by or clever in wrist-work.
1888. Longm. Mag., May, 47. He was a good bat, noted for his ‘wristy’ play, as some critic termed it.
1893. W. L. Murdoch, Cricket, 54. A quick, wristy throw.
