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leg before wicket

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

  1. Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat.

noun

  1. An instance of a batsman being out due to the leg before wicket law.

    Spinners get the most leg before wickets in all forms.

leg before wicket — meaning, definition (adverb) · Vinony