leg before wickets

A form of leg before wicket — Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of leg before wicket
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