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

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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Klaasen, one of the world's best players of spin, was undone by the dot-ball pressure as he clubbed the ever-impressive Ahmed to Sam Hain at long-on and Salt, who had been starved of the strike, picked out deep square-leg to leave the Originals reeling at 51-6.

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Atkinson dug out Krishna for two to long-on, at the beginning of the next over.

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Stokes was chasing a second successive six off Jadeja when he holed out to long-on.

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Gill was finally out pulling Tongue to square leg but, with Brydon Carse struggling with an apparent foot injury and neither Stokes nor Woakes seen with the ball after their first spells, Shoaib Bashir was left to take the final two wickets – Deep caught on the long-on boundary and Prasidh Krishna stumped.

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