leggie
Britishnoun
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a leg break
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a bowler of leg breaks
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However, McCullum - who took over the white-ball side prior to the India tour - chose to select a seamer-dominated line-up with one front-line spinner in leggie Rashid, backed by part-timer Liam Livingstone.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025
It was little surprise that it was Zampa who provided it - the leggie ends the tournament as joint-leading wicket-taker with Mills, on 19.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2024
There will only ever be one Shane Warne but in Alana King we do now have another leggie - wearing yellow - to marvel at for the rest of The Hundred and beyond.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2022
Slapped around by Richie Richardson in Perth in February, Warne was averaging 50 with the ball after nine matches and might have looked an eminently droppable 22-year-old leggie to English eyes.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2013
They left out a front-line spinner who has two recent centuries to his name, Nathan Hauritz, for a No6 they kidded themselves was a Test leggie, Steve Smith.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2010
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