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leg-break

[ leg-breyk ]

noun

, Cricket.
  1. a ball deviating to the off side from the leg side when bowled.


leg break

noun

  1. cricket a bowled ball that spins from leg to off on pitching
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of leg-break1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

After the left-handed Shakeel groped for one that turned away, the next ball, a leg-break, spun back in, took the inside edge and was caught off the pad by a diving Ollie Pope at short leg.

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Ahmed's second spell brought the special moment of his first wicket - left-hander Shakeel inside-edged a leg-break onto his pad and was well taken by a diving Ollie Pope at short leg.

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First she had Raj expertly stumped with a fizzing leg-break before, from the very next ball, Richa Ghosh was bamboozled by a googly that rocked back her off stump.

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That hard-spun leg-break that left Gatting staring at his stumps in disbelief went down in cricket folklore as the 'ball of the century'.

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Hope was stumped off a ripping leg-break from Rashid for 20, but King was joined by Nicholas Pooran to complete a ruthless West Indies chase.

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