How to pronounce “reverse sweep”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (cricket) A batsman's shot made by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc from leg to off, normally whilst kneeling.
• (sports) The act of winning a match after losing every set up to the maximum number where, should you lose one more set, you would instead lose the match.
• [Verb]
• (cricket) To play such a shot.
• (sports) To win such a match.

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Similar Sounds

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