skier

hiihtäjä One who skis.
puhekieltä A ball hit high in the air, often leading to a catch.
2002, Jeff Green, http://www.espncricinfo.com/allrounder/content/story/117029.html "New Zealand win tri-series in convincing style", Cricinfo:

However, when Guha returned, she picked the wrong ball to pull and hit a skier to Charlotte Edwards.

The second thing I did my best to get out of was the unpleasant position Monty found himself in rather too often in Sri Lanka: standing under a skier in the deep.