Meaning of slingy | Babel Free

Definitions

Tending to bowl the ball with a slinging action, i.e. faster but less accurate.

Examples

“A right-arm fast bowler with a slingy action not unlike Lasith Malinga's, Rubel Hossain began by playing tapeball cricket in his home town of Bagerhat (in Khulna), […]”

“[…] who had forged a good reputation in the Lancashire League and also for Western Province in South Africa's Currie Cup cricket, where he batted middle-order and bowled brisk medium-pace with a slingy action.”

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