Meaning

1 senses
  1. A ball that is deliberately bowled slower than normal in an attempt to deceive the batsman into making a mistimed shot.

Forms

plural: slow balls
Singularslow ball
Pluralslow balls

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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