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banana ball

noun

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  1. A banana shot.

    • When trying to bend the ball around defenders, a defensive wall, or the goalie's outstretched hands, the banana ball is used.
    • Even the lowly banana ball, the bane of so many weekenders, sometimes can be exactly right, as in this case.
    • As we've seen, Imran was among the first to master the art, and in particular the extravagantly curving 'banana ball' that was to bring him a rich harvest of wickets in 1981 and beyond.

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