Preliminary data - just counting the number of bowlers of each kind - seems to suggest there is a much more even split of inswing and outswing in women's cricket than widely assumed. We dig deeper.

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So, I had to try a combination of inswing and outswing, which went on to help,” he said in a video uploaded on X by the Pakistan Cricket Board. “It was also about hitting the right areas and bowling ...

By the 1920s inswing was common in English cricket. By the 1950s Ray Lindwall was combining in-and outswing at will and at pace. Now we have reverse-swing to perplex batsmen and spectators alike.

The 31-year-old said that he used the big finger always and described how it was a mere flick of the ball that differentiated between inswing and outswing.

After picking up 6/45 on Day 2 of second Test against England, Jasprit Bumrah said he learnt reverse swing before the conventional swing.

Preliminary data - just counting the number of bowlers of each kind - seems to suggest there is a much more even split of inswing and outswing in women's cricket than widely assumed.