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inswing

/ ˈɪnˌswɪŋ /

noun

  1. cricket the movement of a bowled ball from off to leg through the air Compare outswing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Their top order were undone by Thakur's inswing, they have spilled a few catches and the form of Katherine Sciver-Brunt was questioned after a disappointing performance against India.

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The sight of an England opening bowler causing havoc with extravagant inswing is not an unfamiliar one in recent years.

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Even the science around outswing, inswing and reverse swing bowling isn’t generally agreed or understood, nor are the conditions that favor swing bowling or the means that allow a bowler to cause the ball to deviate in the air as it travels towards the batsmen.

But, speaking before the recent tour of South Africa, Shrubsole told BBC Sport: "I don't think there's any big secret. "As an inswing bowler, on the subcontinent I'm just trying to bowl more balls that are going to hit the stumps than not.

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Still, a bit of inswing, a bit of away swing, and two singles.

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