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  • Trott, still looking as rusty as an old iron gate, swings and misses at a wide away-swinger.

    The Ashes 2010: Australia v England – day three live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2010

  • Michael Clarke, destined perhaps to try to pick this side from the basement and not a great player in sight, put through the wringer, utter torture, before he found no answer to an away-swinger and mercifully also edged to Prior.

    The Guardian World News Mike Selvey 2011

  • India made the worst possible start to their second innings when Sehwag nicked an Anderson away-swinger to first slip and there was enough encouragement for the spinners to suggest Graeme Swann could have a major role to play as England push for a victory on Saturday.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • First Kevin Pietersen was surprised by a Sharma lifter and then Ian Bell nicked an away-swinger four balls later.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Prior was in superb form yesterday and resumed his belligerent knock immediately to move to 73 from only 60 deliveries, but the wicketkeeper then feathered a gentle away-swinger from Praveen behind and was gone in the second over of the morning.

    Evening Standard - Home Tom Collomosse 2011

  • He must, however, work on perfecting the classic away-swinger, which is the one deficiency in an otherwise accomplished armoury.

    Cricket365 | Cricket 2010

  • Glamorgan took the new ball shortly afterwards, sparking a counter-attack from Middlesex all-rounder Gareth Berg who clubbed six fours in a cameo 28 before a leaden-footed drive at a Waters away-swinger brushed the edge to give Wallace another victim.

    Cricinfo news from Cricinfo 2010

  • England are really in the cart now as Prior prods at an away-swinger from Amir and Kamran takes his fourth catch of the innings.

    BBC News - Home 2010

  • The slightest bit of movement inward took care of Smith's stumps, while Johnson knew nothing about the away-swinger and duly had his stumps well rattled.

    Cricket365 | Cricket 2010

  • Glamorgan took the new ball shortly afterwards, sparking a counter-attack from Middlesex all-rounder Gareth Berg who clubbed six fours in a cameo 28 before a leaden-footed drive at a Waters away-swinger brushed the edge to give Wallace another victim.

    Cricket365 | Cricket 2010

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