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(n): a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way

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7 months ago bilby said:

Cricket jargon - a ball which turns in the opposite direction to that expected. Typically, a googly is bowled by a leg-spinner who flips the ball over the back of his wrist at the point of release.

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