A ball bowled with a swerve or swing from the leg to the off side.
〔板球〕外弧线球
Example sentencesExamples
Hoggard is still a raw prospect, but his outswinger will always take wickets in English conditions.
I got him, with one that nipped back, even though I was trying to bowl an outswinger.
His punishment was an outswinger from Lee and another Gilchrist celebration.
For the next man, I lined up to bowl an outswinger but it must have been the earliest known case of reverse swing, because it nipped back in and bowled him.
In cricket I bowled outswingers into the wind and batted in the top three.
Derivatives
outswing
nounˈaʊtswɪŋ
mass nounCricket
The swerve imparted to a ball bowled with a swing from the leg to the off side.
〔板球〕外弧线球
a display of masterly footwork against Hoggard's outswing