doosra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A type of ball, bowled by an off-spin bowler, that, unlike a normal off break, spins from leg to off for a right-handed batsman; the off-spinner's version of the googly.

/ˈduːs.ɹə/ /ˈduːz.ɹə/ en-au-doosra.ogg

doosra doosras

From Hindi दूसरा (dūsrā, “second; other”).

one that goes the other way

screwball teesra

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on D Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary