reverse swing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Mark Wood was held back, perhaps in the hope of some reverse swing.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2023
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
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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