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

I was just about up to full pace and decided to pick a ball that would reverse swing as a confidence booster, to take a few wickets and get the bounce in my run-up going.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024

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

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

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 Goldfrap, John Henry