spin bowler

noun

cricket

: a bowler who throws the ball so that it spins

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The only bright spot is a mural depicting England spin bowler — and local hero — Adil Rashid that was painted to mark the launch of the Hundred competition in 2021. —

Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024 An unsympathetic, failed, alcoholic cricketer Paddy (Bachchan) gives her new hope and trains her as a spin bowler with unconventional techniques, inventing a new style of bowling called ghoomer, with the ultimate goal of playing for India. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Aug. 2023 The leg spin bowler took 708 wickets in test cricket, which was was the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler, until it was broken by Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Mar. 2022 India’s ace spin bowler and batsman Ravichandran Ashwin also has decided to pull out. —

Biman Mukherji, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2021