leg before wicket
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Broad pinned Usman Khawaja leg before wicket for 47 and, despite the opener reviewing the out decision, the ball-tracker showed it would have hit leg stump.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
Robinson had Tom Latham caught at short leg, before Anderson trapped Kane Williamson leg before wicket on review and enticed Henry Nicholls into edging to second slip.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2023
Babar got little support from the other end to pace the chase before Irshad had him leg before wicket off a full-pitched delivery in the 17th over.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2022
Then Lyon beats him on the inside edge and only a nick saves him from being out leg before wicket.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2019
Anybody could see when one knight knocked another down, horse and all, but many ladies do not understand leg before wicket, or stumping.
From The Red Romance Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
