reverse swing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Once the ball started to reverse swing, Pakistan's seamers were in their element and Bangladesh were forced into survival mode.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023
And Wood, hurling himself off his feet, found reverse swing at almost 90mph to whistle the ball between Shafique's bat and pad.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2022
They bowled well enough against Imran Khan’s Pakistan, and had the game under control, until Wasim Akram destroyed them with two balls of the greatest reverse swing you will ever goggle at in disbelief.
From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2019
This is confounding for batsmen, especially as reverse swing tends to occur late in the ball's trajectory, giving them little time to respond.
From Economist • Mar. 28, 2018
Undoubtedly his body had been rolled by a lurch of the ship in toward the cabin and then been cast outward again by a reverse swing.
From The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest by Goldfrap, John Henry
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