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Definition of ball-tampering in English: ball-tamperingnoun mass nounCricket Unlawful alteration of the surface or seam of a ball on the field, to affect its motion when bowled. Example sentencesExamples - Nobody has quite mastered reverse swing as well as he has, although his methods sometimes stray beyond legitimacy: he was given a one-match suspension for ball-tampering in 2000.
- Last season, he was reprimanded and received three penalty points for ball-tampering during the match against Warwickshire at Horsham.
- In 2003, he was banned for ball-tampering and using offensive language.
- He showed the umpire the ball, careful not to incur a ball-tampering penalty.
- The referee charged him under clause 2.10 of the code of conduct, which deals specifically with ball-tampering.
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