Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cricket, a fielder who stands nearly abreast the bowler, at some distance to the right or left. (See diagram under cricket.) Midwicket on or mid-on stands to the left of the batsman who is striking, midwicket off or mid-off to his right.
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- noun cricket a
fielding position , about 40° forward ofsquare on theleg side , betweensquare leg andmid on
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Examples
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He very rarely hit the ball behind square on the leg side from the full ball in Brisbane, it was always going to straight midwicket, which is always a sure sign that he was playing with good balance.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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This angle is the hardest to play as the natural scoring area is between mid on and midwicket, which is closed off to our batter.
Cricket coaching, fitness and nutrition - Harrowdrive.com PitchVision 2010
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The next ball is short and hoicked mightily over midwicket for Prior to take him to fifty from 39 balls.
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Voges shovels a full delivery over midwicket for a couple and then back cuts three more.
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Sammy then ran out Mohammad Salman and, when Marlon Samuels caught Umar at deep midwicket off Ravi Rampaul, Pakistan were 109 for seven.
Devendra Bishoo grabs four wickets as West Indies beat Pakistan 2011
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Brett Lee comes in – I'm surprised Clarke didn't give it to Smith and tell him to bowl double bouncers so that England could middle them to deep midwicket – and concedes only six.
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He gets four more two balls later, wristily flipping a leg-stump half-volley through midwicket.
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Adam Voges places the second delivery nicely through midwicket for four, and the fourth ball deflects off Hussey's pads for four leg byes.
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But it took the second new ball to finish the job, as Steve Smith, who remained unbeaten on 54, and Peter Siddle, who had denied England when they had hoped to finish things on the fourth evening, took their eighth-wicket stand to 86 before Siddle 43 hit Graeme Swann precisely to Jimmy Anderson at deep midwicket.
The Ashes 2010-11: England wrap up series win over Australia in style 2011
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He slog-sweeps not into the hands of midwicket, as we might have expected, but over the top for four.
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