a bowled ball that spins from off to leg on pitching
Examples of 'off break' in a sentence
off break
His biggest achievement was developing in 2003 a 'doosra' as an alternative delivery to his stock off-break.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A valuable off-break bowler who pushed the ball through, he was always more than capable of bowling a tight line.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The term refers to a delivery bowled specifically by the left-arm wrist spinner, whose stock ball is the off-break, spinning into the right-handed batsman.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He was 5-4 ahead, having rattled off breaks of 114 and 85.
The Sun (2011)
He bowls medium-paced off-breaks that turn prodigiously.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There are some useful foot-holes into which he can pitch his off-breaks.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He bowled 25 overs and was threatening throughout with his mixture of off breaks, carrom balls, flickers, swingers and occasional leg breaks.