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fine leg

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noun

  1. cricket

    1. a fielding position between long leg and square leg

    2. a fielder in this position

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He got to the landmark with a flick to fine leg, removed his helmet and saluted the crowd with a shrug and a typically measured celebration.

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Carse tried to scoop Doggett and was caught behind for 20, Jofra Archer holed out off Doggett and Atkinson's fun ended on 37 when he hit Boland to fine leg.

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When Stokes returned late in the day, Tom Lawes picked out Ollie Pope in the leg-side ring before the aggressive Jacks found Jofra Archer at fine leg.

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Sometimes I was down at fine leg and I took a couple of catches.

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But the fact he seems willing to throw himself about in the field - diving to stop balls on the boundary at fine leg - shows there are no scars.

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