slingy

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1. ball gamesTending to bowl the ball with a slinging action, i.e. faster but less accurate.

   A right-arm fast bowler with a slingy action not unlike Lasith Malinga's, Rubel Hossain began by playing tapeball cricket in his home town of Bagerhat (in Khulna), […]

   2011, Steven Lynch, The Wisden Guide to International Cricket 2012, page 144

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   […] who had forged a good reputation in the Lancashire League and also for Western Province in South Africa's Currie Cup cricket, where he batted middle-order and bowled brisk medium-pace with a slingy action.

   2018, Alan Wilkins, Easier Said Than Done: A Life in Sport