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long-off
noun
- cricket
- a fielding position on the off side near the boundary almost directly behind the bowler
- a fielder in this position
Example Sentences
Lewis would find the hands of Bethell as he tried to clear long-off, but by that point the match was over as a contest.
He could have been caught at long-on and long-off, while Atkinson miscued a catch back to left-armer Noman Ali.
England would have looked to Smith to counter-attack, only for a miscue off Noman to end at long-off.
Opener Phil Salt slashed eight in a frenetic 45 while Harry Brook hit seven sixes - five of them off Adam Zampa - in his third successive score of 50 or more before miscuing the leg-spinner to long-off.
Having passionately punched the air after reaching three figures - ending a run of five scores above 50 without a hundred across all formats - he hit Head to long-off and England's hopes of a late-innings resurrection were over.
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