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doosra
/ Ë»ćłÜËłú°ùÉ /
noun
- a delivery, bowled by an off-spinner, that turns the opposite way from an off-break
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of doosra1
Example Sentences
Itâs a tight over for five balls, and a bit shoddy for the remaining one, which is pretty much a beamer that slips out of the front of Moeenâs hand â an attempted doosra, reckons Michael Atherton â that Rabada clobbers over his head for six.
Itâs a tight over for five balls, and a bit shoddy for the remaining one, which is pretty much a beamer that slips out of the front of Moeenâs hand â an attempted doosra, reckons Michael Atherton â that Rabada clobbers over his head for six.
And if a bowler who normally spins it away from a right-handed batsman spins it toward him, thatâs a doosra.
But unless you are from Britain, India, South Africa or a few other places, you are very likely so cricket-challenged that you donât know a googly from a doosra.
He is also the man credited with introducing the 'doosra' that went on to become almost a staple part of an offie's armoury.
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