seam bowler

noun

cricket a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction

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Derived Forms

seam bowling, noun

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Sam Cook has been the outstanding seam bowler in county cricket for the past number of years.

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Former England seam bowler Anderson, 42, has made the cut after the list was trimmed from 1,574 initial entries to 574 following consultation with the 10 IPL teams.

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He added 63 for the eighth wicket with Milan Rathnayake, the seam bowler playing his first Test.

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He replaces uncapped seam bowler and Notts team-mate Dillon Pennington, who suffered a hamstring injury playing for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred on Friday.

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England seam bowler James Anderson, 41, has climbed one place to seventh after taking five wickets in the second Test.

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seam binding seamer

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