long-on

noun

1. cricket

   1. a fielding position on the leg side near the boundary almost directly behind the bowler

   2. a fielder in this position

Example Sentences

He punished an uncharacteristically sloppy New Zealand fielding performance - Jimmy Neesham put down a simple chance to dismiss Brook at long-on - and rendered the Black Caps bowling helpless when in full flow.

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The left-hander finally holed out for 104 to long-on off Noman, where Shaheen Shah Afridi took a low catch, ending a 208-minute innings containing 10 fours and two sixes.

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Her innings ended off the penultimate ball, when she miscued Udeshika Prabodhani to long-on, but the damage had long been done.

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Warrican finally had the batter caught out at long-on with his left-arm spin for his third wicket and celebrated with a fist pump.

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A chipped six over long-on was Buttler's only boundary in a 24-ball 15 – the most obviously rusty innings.

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