short leg

noun

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

Example Sentences

Bray had just lifted a length ball off the middle stump over short-leg's head.

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The first fiddler was a small man, with a short leg, and a character that was minus one dimension.

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Behind this jaw is a short leg, formed like a walking leg, and known as the 'palp.'

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The smaller tube thus forms the long leg of a syphon, and the larger tube acts as the short leg.

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A short leg in very wide trousers was next introduced, and this was followed by a crooked and consequently still shorter one.

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