Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for reverse swing. Search instead for reverse hang.

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

If he doesn't make it, that could make room for James Anderson, who must have been licking his lips at the reverse swing found by Jasprit Bumrah.

From BBC Jan. 28, 2024

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

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

Seems to be a bit of reverse swing for Morris, who gets the last two balls of his over to angle into Compton.

From The Guardian Jan. 2, 2016

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

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training