reverse swing

British  

noun

1. cricket a type of swing in which a ball that has been scuffed on one side will move in the opposite direction to that of a new ball

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reverse swing

"You want a bowler who can swing it, another bowler who has proper pace, another who can reverse swing it and another who can do the donkey work," said BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The reverse swing of Friday evening also disappeared as the ball became wet.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2023

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 John Henry Goldfrap

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