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Definition of seam bowler in English: seam bowlernoun Cricket A bowler, generally fast, who makes the ball deviate by bouncing on its seam. Example sentencesExamples - I think they asked me because they have quite a few spin and seam bowlers.
- And then we've got to keep on developing good seam bowlers, and create depth and competition in that.
- The Trinidad pitch is reported to have more life than the flat Bourda track, so South Africa's battery of seam bowlers will be a greater threat.
- They have three seam bowlers but in Pakistan the ball hardly seams or bounces.
- There was some family pedigree with his uncle playing in four Tests in 1989 as a seam bowler, the first of them a big win over England at Headingley.
- The disappointment was more that they gave away cheap wickets to the seam bowlers as well.
Derivatives noun Cricket Their seam bowling lacked direction, commitment and intensity and allowed England to reach 197 for one by tea. Example sentencesExamples - But his batting always flattered to deceive, and his seam bowling, though lively, lacked the aggression to trouble the best.
- Even a bowler who normally bowls only spin might have opened the bowling once, but he might have tried his seam bowling while doing so.
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