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off spin, ˈoff-ˈspin Cricket.
[off a. 2 b.]
Spin that causes the ball to turn from the off side towards the leg side; bowling with this spin. Also attrib. Hence off-spinner, (a) a bowler who causes the ball to turn in this way; (b) a ball bowled with this spin; off-spinning ppl. a.
1904P. F. Warner How we recovered Ashes ii. 42 Arnold..occasionally managed to get a little off-spin on the ball. 1924N. Cardus Days in Sun 52 It is not that bowling is deadlier nowadays than it was, say, in the days of conventional off-spinners like Hearne and Wainwright. 1955Miller & Whitington Cricket Typhoon 189 The off-spinning Ian Johnson. 1955Times 14 May 4/4 The latter..was now bowling his normal off-spinners. 1956R. Alston Test Commentary vi. 41 A superb piece of accurate off-spin bowling. Ibid. 42 This happy-looking cricketer..bowls a species of slow–medium off-spinner. Ibid. 43 He set about Johnson as no self-respecting off-spinner ought to behave to another of his kind. 1963Times 14 May 4/5 Miller, of Cambridge, produced an excellent bowling performance, taking six wickets for 64 runs with his off-spin. 1975Cricketer May 9/1 The 6 ft 3 ins off-spinner's recent games against England were in his winter Test rubber. 1977South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 13 Apr. 15/8 Richard Austin, better known as an opening bat and an off-spin bowler, was brought on. |