• Swing bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as swing bowlers. Swing bowling is generally classed as...
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  • Practitioners of pace bowling are usually known as fast bowlers, quicks, or pacers. They can also be referred to as a seam bowler, a swing bowler or a fast...
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  • cricket bat instead of the middle, producing a catch for nearby fielders. Swing bowling is a way of getting greater deviation, but is harder to control. Australian...
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  • Look up Swing, swing, or swinging in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Swing or swinging may refer to: Swing (seat), a hanging seat that swings back and...
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    Wasim Akram (redirect from Sultan of Swing)
    be one of the founders, and perhaps the finest exponent of, reverse swing bowling. He was the first bowler to reach the 500-wicket mark in ODI cricket...
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  • different from normal swing bowling, however – it is much more like a curling ball in football. To achieve spin, old style bowling machines should be tilted...
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    international cricketer. He was a right-arm medium pacer, who was capable of swing bowling. He was plagued by injuries as a result of which his international career...
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    reverse swing a cricket ball at high speed. He took 373 Test wickets and 416 One Day International wickets during his career. Together with bowling partner...
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    is four linked rings. Average 1.  see batting average 2.  see bowling average Away swing See outswing Back foot 1.  When batting, the foot that is closest...
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    Bowling, in cricket, is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batter. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler; a bowler...
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