Type of ball — extremely large — pings around (3,4)

I believe the answer is:

leg spin

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'type of ball' is the definition.
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'extremely large pings around' is the wordplay.
'extremely' suggests removing the centre (only the extremes of the word are used).
'around' is an anagram indicator.
'large' with its middle taken out is 'le'.
'pings' anagrammed gives 'gspin'.
'le'+'gspin'='LEG-SPIN'

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(Other definitions for leg spin that I've seen before include "style of delivery" , "Type of bowling" , "Style of bowling" , "Cricket ball" , "Bowling technique" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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