Sentence examples for command of spin from inspiring English sources

Both men take as many scalps with their personalities as with their command of spin, flight and pace through the air and, wouldn't you know it post-DRS, there's just one delivery in 100 between their strike rates!

Wisden said that as a bowler, Peel had a "fine length, easy action and splendid command of spin", which meant that he "was often a match-winner".

The miller, poor, foolish, doting father that he is, never expected his daughter to be locked into a room full of straw and commanded to spin it all into gold by morning, any more than most fathers expect their daughters to be unsought after by boys, or rejected by colleges, or abused by the men they eventually marry.

Schiavone's use of spin and command of the angles has made her the best pure clay-court player in the women's game but Li, despite standing 5ft 7¾in tall, had such power and accuracy in her groundstrokes that Schiavone was unable to dominate.

He cites the image of the hero of Greek legend Heracles, with his great beard and furious countenance, in woman's attire, spinning at the command of his beloved queen, Omphale, and declares that this arouses both delight and laughter.

In this, her first solo album, she reveals a happy affinity for Berlioz's style, assisted by a fine command of French and a gift for spinning long vocal lines that never lose their essential energy.

Customers are dubious of spin.

Learn about the rule of spin conservation.

The amount of spin can vary.

Understand the goals of spin bowling.

The lumbering mammals delivered their final performances last May — dancing, spinning and standing on pedestals at the command of the ringmaster — and then were retired to a reserve in central Florida.