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long-on

noun

  1. cricket
    1. a fielding position on the leg side near the boundary almost directly behind the bowler
    2. a fielder in this position
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Gilmore was due to be put to death the next day, after a long on-again, off-again struggle over his death sentence.

Stands about the same distance behind the wicket on the on-side as long-on does before it.

Sooner or later you will lose your wicket, for the ball is sure at some time to be caught by long-on or long-off.

Occupies the same position as long-on at the other side of the wicket.

In very swift bowling the long-on often takes this position.

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