seam bowler

noun

1. cricket a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction

Derived Forms

• seam bowling, noun

Example Sentences

He added 63 for the eighth wicket with Milan Rathnayake, the seam bowler playing his first Test.

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He replaces uncapped seam bowler and Notts team-mate Dillon Pennington, who suffered a hamstring injury playing for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred on Friday.

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England seam bowler James Anderson, 41, has climbed one place to seventh after taking five wickets in the second Test.

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He pointed to Stokes' "incredible match-winning ability in every department" and said the "ability to have a seam bowler in that top six gives you so many options with your team balance".

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Also in the squad for the first time was seam bowler Trent Copeland, who had grown up with Lyon in rural New South Wales.

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