A type of spin bowling that causes the ball to deviate from the off side towards the leg side after pitching; off breaks.
〔板球〕旋转偏离球；偏离球
the skipper's off-spin did the trick
Example sentencesExamples
Batting in the top four this year, he is one of the Yorkshire team's top scorers and has chipped in with 11 wickets in five matches with his off spin.
Thereafter, the innings had little permanency and wickets fell regularly to Broadbent's off spin.
He hit the best six of the match in my opinion - an inside out shot over extra cover against the off spin of Muralitharan who we all know is a huge spinner of the ball.
Rajiv Singh bowled a vital spell with his off spin, keeping it tight while Howgate took most of the wickets with a clever and ultimately decisive spell.
Billy Banner took over from Roussak once again proving to be a match winner with his consistent off spin.
Derivatives
off-spinner
noun
Cricket
He is a right-hand batsman and off-spinner, who has best first-class figures of 5 for 104 and a top score of 85 under his belt.
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The off-spinner took six of Gloucestershire's second innings wickets in a brilliant spell of controlled, economical bowling.
Malik made a cultured 115 as an opener before claiming three wickets with his off-spinners.
Sri Lanka will rest off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan despite him bowling his first three overs of the tour on Sunday.
Heal is a 20-year-old right-arm off-spinner who is yet to make his first-class debut.