inswing

/ ˈɪnˌswɪŋ /

noun

cricket the movement of a bowled ball from off to leg through the air Compare outswing

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Their main threat with the ball comes from 20-year-old seamer Marufa Akter, who took two wickets in the first over of that game with her extravagant inswing.

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He went fuller to Gay from round the wicket with the second ball of his next over, found a hint of inswing and trapped the Durham opener in front.

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Their top order were undone by Thakur's inswing, they have spilled a few catches and the form of Katherine Sciver-Brunt was questioned after a disappointing performance against India.

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The sight of an England opening bowler causing havoc with extravagant inswing is not an unfamiliar one in recent years.

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Even the science around outswing, inswing and reverse swing bowling isn’t generally agreed or understood, nor are the conditions that favor swing bowling or the means that allow a bowler to cause the ball to deviate in the air as it travels towards the batsmen.