Sentence examples for arm ball from inspiring English sources

He does, but I think that's largely because he has an extremely good arm ball.

Woakes, pushing defensively outside the line, is hit on the pad by another excellent arm ball.

He bowls a good arm ball (one that goes straight on).

Paul Collingwood was unfortunate, as he chipped confidently to midwicket, while Ashley Giles edged an arm ball to slip.

132nd over: India 356-5 (Yuvraj 12, Dhoni 6) Swann scoots an arm ball between bat and pad as Yuvraj attempts an ambitious cut.

Honk! Ho-honk! 11th over: Australia 43-0 (Watson 36, Hughes 7) Swann gets his first bowl at Hughes, who inside-edges an arm ball onto his pads.

A month ago he was playing for Henley in the Home Counties League, a stint he finished by taking a hat-trick of lbws, all with arm balls.

Later he will bowl in Russell's dreams, floating up the most insipid arm balls seen since Mark Taylor gave himself a bowl.

Arm balls, zooters, flippers, doosras, Chinamen: all accelerated the arms race between batsman and bowler.For those who fancy trying out the latest trick, pick up the nearest spherical object and follow Mr Rajan's instructions on how to bowl the "carom" ball, recently conjured up by Ajantha Mendis, a young Sri Lankan.

After re-testing, the 31-year-old's off-breaks and arm balls were deemed legal, but his doosra remains banned.

The drift he got on the ball would draw batsmen out of position and he got so many revs on the ball that his spin or his arm-ball were always dangerous.