long leg

British

noun

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

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Bashir did well to pull off a diving stop at long leg, preventing a boundary and leaving Ravindra on strike.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

The second, a hook to long leg off Tongue on 40, should have been swallowed, but Dawson lost track of the ball.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025

He played some outrageous strokes and looked set for a century on his home ground until he top-edged a hook to long leg.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025

Brook can be excused for his flying drop of Jamal at gully, but Shoaib Bashir’s miss of the same man at long leg was a dolly.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024

Gogol sits impatiendy, one long leg jiggling up and down.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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