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

The off-spinner accounted for Tom Blundell and Nathan Smith, then ended a rapid eighth-wicket partnership of 46 when Matt Henry was caught at long-on.

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Ben Duckett, at long-on, was waiting to hold Henry's loft down the ground.

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Wyatt-Hodge's brutal innings included 15 fours and one huge six over long-on, before she departed after a well-directed De Klerk yorker.

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After the resumption, West Indies skipper Rovman Powell struck two sixes before hitting Adil Rashid’s second ball to long-on and Buttler's catch dismissed Sherfane Rutherford.

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He could have been caught at long-on and long-off, while Atkinson miscued a catch back to left-armer Noman Ali.

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