leggie
Britishnoun
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a leg break
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a bowler of leg breaks
Example Sentences
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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's Knight again, lifting leggie Tuba Hassan's final delivery expertly down the ground for four to bring up the landmark.
From BBC • May 10, 2024
To suggest it has been a straightforward trajectory from there to becoming Australia's most successful finger spinner - only leggie Shane Warne has taken more wickets - would be wide of the mark.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2023
Nope, just an outrageous leggie that drifts and leaves Buttler for dead, taking his edge along the way.
From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2015
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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