inswing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025
The sight of an England opening bowler causing havoc with extravagant inswing is not an unfamiliar one in recent years.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022
Still, a bit of inswing, a bit of away swing, and two singles.
From The Guardian • Nov. 3, 2015
There is inswing for Johnson, which might make Clarke give the new ball to Starc rather than Siddle at the other end.
From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2015
"Johnson could be the man who wins back the Ashes for Australia, with his destructive blend of raw pace, awkward angles and, when the planets align, dangerous inswing," Saltau writes.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2013
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