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- noun Alternative form of
in-swinger .
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Examples
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He's out LBW to an inswinger, as if he was still rubbing the sleep from his eyes and easing into his day.
Pakistan v England – day one live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2012
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And when, at the Randwick end, Graeme Swann conceded the crease to Chris Tremlett, the giant thundered in to rip out Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson with successive deliveries, a brutal bouncer followed by a wicked inswinger.
The Ashes 2010-11: England wrap up series win over Australia in style 2011
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Eduardo charges off his line to pluck his inswinger from the air.
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Rees duly departed, but it was Murtagh who snared him, dismissing him with an inswinger that saw the opener push forward and lob a catch to Scott Newman at short leg to leave Glamorgan 8-2 and feeling anything but champion.
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England felt they had broken through twice, once when Mr. Katich fell across an inswinger from Mr. Anderson, only for the DRS to post an immediate rebuke to umpire Billy Doctrove, and once when Mr. Strauss called for a review unsuccessfully for a leg-before against Mr. Watson.
Game On After Hussey Leads Fightback Mike Atherton 2010
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Strauss then gets a late inside-edge on a very good, full inswinger before crunching another boundary through midwicket.
England v Bangladesh - as it happened morning session 2010
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But Harmison made ample amends for that brainstorm, although it was the former Yorkshire seamer Mitch Claydon who did the early damage, bowling Jacques Rudolph with a perfect inswinger.
Michael Di Venuto stands firm for Durham while Ajmal Shahzad shines Andy Wilson at Chester-le-Street 2010
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McGrath, who has a long-standing thumb problem but who has passed himself fit, survived a strong lbw appeal early in his innings from Neil Carter after an inswinger struck him in front.
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The problem is that he's either starting the inswinger too much on leg stump or the outswinger is doing well too much.
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The first ball of the afternoon session was a perfect, snappy late inswinger, seam-perfect, that castled Steve Smith.
Mohammad Aamer leads the way but Pakistan must play at home 2010
bilby commented on the word inswinger
Cricket jargon - when bowling, a ball that swings towards the batsman.
November 30, 2007