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Cambridge to examine why leather cricket balls swing

14/02/2018

Cambridge University is looking for candidates to study for a PhD in the aerodynamics of swing in cricket balls. The academic in charge of the project, Dr Sam Grimshaw, has said that surface finish on the leather-covered balls is part of the mystery. Applications are open to students from any part of the European Union. Cricket ball swing has...

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