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- noun cricket The
swing of aball through theair in adirection towards thebatsman - adjective cricket Describing a
bowler who uses inswing in the ball'sflight
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Examples
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Outswing, inswing, reverse swing, all delivered with immense accuracy.
The Ashes 2010-11: England's Jimmy Anderson can finally get some sleep 2011
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Leg theory, bowling to a legside field, had been around since the turn of that century and was perfected in particular by the Derbyshire inswing bowler Fred Root.
How Bob Wyatt's revelations blow a raspberry at history of bodyline 2010
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The suggestion has taken hold that England's coaches did not plan for Johnson's sudden rediscovery of his inswing, preferring instead to believe the statistical evidence that he had lost the knack.
The Ashes 2010: Four days off - England calm nerves by taking it easy 2010
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There's a touch of reverse inswing to Pietersen, who defends pretty solidly.
The Ashes 2010: Australia v England - live! | Rob Smyth 2010
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He has two right-handers to bowl at, but there's no sign of inswing in that over.
The Ashes 2010: Australia v England - live! | Rob Smyth 2010
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Ryan Sidebottom, still in talks over a contract extension at Trent Bridge or a possible move south to Hove, hasn't quite got it right, bowling big inswing to the right-handed Varun Chora, playing his first championship match since the start of June, and then pushing the ball across by way of variation.
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Standing taller to counter Johnson's inswing, he found it difficult to duck under the liberal sprinkling of bouncers that came his way and was perilously close to gloving a leg-side catch before he had scored.
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He came up, the bare blade inswing, ready and waiting.
Daybreak 2250 AD Norton, Andre 1952
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Since that brief and freakish spell of inswing at Perth, half of Johnson's wickets have been bounced out.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Collingwood tried a different tack with the sixth ball of the over, a tighter line and a touch of inswing to the left-hander who inside-edged on to the top of his stumps in defence.
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