leg before wicket
Britishnoun
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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
Bumrah earned his 23rd wicket this season when he had Harshal Patel leg before wicket in his return spell that took him to joint leading wicket-taker in the tournament with Kagiso Rabada.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2020
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
Josh Hazlewood trapped Kraigg Braithwaite leg before wicket for two before Lyon claimed the wickets of Rajindra Chandrika, Marlon Samuels and Jermaine Blackwood.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2015
Crawley, the captain of their eleven, the hero in whom they delighted, had been declared out, leg before wicket, when he had only contributed five to the score.
From Dr. Jolliffe's Boys by Frank Feller
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