单词 | reverse swing |
释义 | > as lemmasreverse swing reverse swing n. Cricket deviation of the ball in a direction opposite to the one normally expected, often attributed to the use of a ball with a worn surface; cf. swing n.2 8g. ΚΠ 1990 Sunday Times 26 Aug. ii. 5/3 The Reader ball in use here has shown a propensity for ‘reverse swing’ according to the bowlers. 1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. xvii. 325 Eventually after some 40 overs the effect was to produce reverse swing to such a degree that deliveries were moving about all over the place. 2001 J. Williams Cricket & Race vi. 138 There were English suspicions that the Pakistan fast bowlers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis were achieving reverse swing by illicit tampering with the ball. < as lemmas |
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