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Definition of "inswing" []

  • The swing of a ball through the air in a direction towards the batsman (noun)
  • Describing a bowler who uses inswing in the ball's flight (adjective)

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Use "inswing" in a sentence
  • "Outswing, inswing, reverse swing, all delivered with immense accuracy."
  • "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."
  • "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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