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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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

Ben Duckett, dropped on 23 by Latham, took on the short ball after lunch, only to hook the pacey O'Rourke to long leg and fall for 46.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

Captain Stokes pulled the same bowler to long leg and Smith edged off-spinner Sinclair.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2024

She poses as iconic French figures, including Joan of Arc, dressed in a neck-to-calf metallic blue dress; and Louis XIV, in a billowing red cape that reveals one long leg.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

A long leg stepped over the rope, and the person it belonged to turned and walked away.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

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