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leg before wicket

leg before wicket adverb: describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat.

Adverb

leg before wicket (not comparable)

  1. Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat.

Noun

leg before wicket (plural leg before wickets)

  1. An instance of a batsman being out due to the leg before wicket law.
    • Spinners get the most leg before wickets in all forms.
    Synonyms:
    LBW

Synonyms of leg before wicket

Forms of leg before wicket

pluralleg before wickets

Questions about leg before wicket

What does leg before wicket mean?
Leg before wicket means describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat.
What part of speech is leg before wicket?
Leg before wicket can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near leg before wicket in the dictionary

  1. leg art
  2. leg bail
  3. leg band
  4. leg bands
  5. leg before
  6. leg before wicket
  7. leg before wickets
  8. leg biter
  9. leg biters
  10. leg break
  11. leg breaker

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