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{{multiple issues| {{context|date=August 2016}} {{unreferenced|date=August 2016}} }} {{Bowling techniques sidebar |expanded=all}} An '''inswinger''' is a type of [[delivery (cricket)|delivery]] of the [[cricket ball|ball]] in the [[sport]] of [[cricket]]. In such a delivery the ball curves—or "swings"—in toward the [[batting (cricket)|batter]]'s body and the [[wicket]]. By contrast, an [[outswinger]] swings away from the line of the batter and the wicket. Inswingers are [[bowling (cricket)|bowled]] by [[swing bowling|swing bowlers]]. The term has also been adopted into [[Association football|football]] commentary, in which context it describes a [[Cross (association football)|cross]] of the [[Football (ball)|ball]] kicked so that it curves in toward the [[Goal_(sports)#Association_football|goal]].
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