reverse swing

British

noun

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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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

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 Goldfrap, John Henry

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