long leg

noun

1. cricket
   1. a fielding position on the leg side near the boundary almost directly behind the batsman's wicket
   2. a fielder in this position

Example Sentences

Brook can be excused for his flying drop of Jamal at gully, but Shoaib Bashir’s miss of the same man at long leg was a dolly.

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Entrusted with the first over of the day, 20-year-old Hull had Dhananjaya de Silva hook to long leg for 69 then pinned Vishwa leg-before.

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Captain Stokes pulled the same bowler to long leg and Smith edged off-spinner Sinclair.

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Chris Tremain bowls a little leg side and Fynn Hudson-Prentice gets an easy single to long leg.

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Usman Khawaja top-edged Broad to long leg for 77, Steve Smith did the same to Tongue for 34.

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