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a fielding position on the off side near the boundary almost directly behind the bowlera fielding position on the leg side near the boundary almost directly behind the bowlerthe fielding position on the off side closest to the bowlerthe fielding position on the on side closest to the bowlerthe fielding position on the on side, approximately midway between square leg and mid-ona batsman sent in to bat to play out time when a wicket has fallen near the end of a day's play an illegal ball, as for overstepping the crease, throwing, etc, for which the batting side scores a run, and from which the batsman can be out only by being run outthe part of the field on that side of the pitch to which the batsman presents his bat when taking strike: thus for a right-hander, off is on the right-hand sidea bowled ball that spins from off to leg on pitching relating to or denoting the leg side of a cricket field or pitchdenoting the state in which a player is caused to discontinue active participation, esp in some specified rolea series of six balls bowled by a bowler from the same end of the pitch a guard made of flexible resilient material worn in various sports to protect parts of the body the rectangular area between the stumps, 22 yards long and 10 feet wide; the wicket to hit (a ball pitched straight or on the off side) to the leg side a type of swing in which a ball that has been scuffed on one side will move in the opposite direction to that of a new ball a score of one, normally achieved by both batsmen running from one end of the wicket to the other after one of them has hit the ball of or relating to a style of bowling in which the bowler utilizes the stitched seam round the ball in order to make it swing in flight and after touching the ground a fielding position on the leg side near the batsman's wicket a stroke in which the ball crosses the boundary without bouncing the position of the fielder who stands a little way behind and to the offside of the wicketkeeper a fielding position on the on side approximately at right angles to the batsman any of three upright wooden sticks that, with two bails laid across them, form a wicket (the a shot in which the ball is hit more or less square on the leg side from a half-kneeling position with the bat held nearly horizontal the lateral movement of a bowled ball through the air (in various sports, esp cricket) an international match, esp one of a series a fielding position on the off side near the boundary behind the batsman's wicket a form of one-day cricket in which each side bats for twenty overs an official who rules on the playing of a game, as in cricket or baseball either of two constructions, placed 22 yards apart, consisting of three pointed stumps stuck parallel in the ground with two wooden bails resting on top, at which the batsman stands the player on the fielding side positioned directly behind the wicket (in cricket) a bowled ball that is outside the batsman's reach and scores a run for the batting side a ball bowled so as to pitch just under or just beyond the bat Mobile signals enabled police to place them at the Bump Ball
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