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inswinger Cricket.|ˈɪnˌswɪŋə(r)|
[in adv.]
A ball bowled with a swerve or swing from the off to leg in its flight; also, the bowler of such a ball. So ˈinswing, the swerve or swing imparted to such a ball; a ball bowled in this manner; as vb., to bowl an inswinger; hence ˈinˌswinging ppl. a.
1920Times 29 May 7/2 He [sc. Mr. Robertson-Glasgow] again seemed to rely too much on his ‘inswinger’ on the leg side, and he would surely do very much better if he could be certain of pitching his inswinging ball on the off stump. 1920E. R. Wilson in P. F. Warner Cricket 67 The first right-handed ‘in-swinger’..who was in-swinging as early as 1895. 1924N. Cardus Days in Sun 49 Jacques, of Hampshire..was a bowler commanding an in-swinging flight and an off-break. Ibid. 254 Nor would it be accurate to describe this ball as an in-swinger, for the true in-swinger swings from almost the first few yards of its flight through the air. 1927Observer 17 Apr. 17/3 Last year he [sc. Mr. Allom] specialised in the ‘inswing’. 1933Times 28 Jan. 11/5 The leg-theory has been bowled in this country for a number of years, starting with ‘in-swing’ bowling. 1953R. Warner Escapade 74 He bowls in⁓swingers himself, though as a matter of fact he takes most of his wickets with his leg-breaks. 1955Times 5 July 4/1 D. J. Smith, in spite of an in-swinger's action, was making the ball move from leg, and C. S. Smith was finding umpire Pothecary hard to satisfy. 1958Times 22 Oct. 14/1 As it is, it may be many a long day before he has better figures as a medium-pace inswinger. 1962Times 2 Aug. 3/3 Buxton, who bowled his inswing deceptively. |