reverse swing
Britishnoun
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Who can forget Wasim Akram getting Allan Lamb and Chris Lewis out with magical reverse swing bowling in the 1992 final?
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
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
When bowling at the South Africans during the Third Test at Cape Town, the Australian players were searching for "reverse" swing.
From Economist ● Mar. 28, 2018
Bird follows up with consecutive no-balls, but it’s actually a promising over for Australia because there are the first signs of reverse swing.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 26, 2017
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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