reverse swing
Britishnoun
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The difference McCullum referenced is reverse swing - the way an older ball moves in the air in the opposite direction to convention.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
"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
His team was 175 in front in their second innings, and two wickets down, but Australia’s pace leader Mitchell Starc had induced two collapses in the opening Test of the series with reverse swing.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2018
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
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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