reverse swing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
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