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• “At times, he was so scarily fast that the Zimbabwean batsmen appeared to be trying to hide behind the square-leg umpire.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Paradox of Shoaib Akhtar

• “Maharoof's dismissal of Goodwin, caught on the square-leg boundary, was the final body blow.”

  The Guardian: Sussex v Lancashire | Friends Provident t20 match report

• “Jos Buttler looked as if he might be England's match winner until the West Indies captain, Darren Sammy, ran him out from mid-on; Swann sold Scott Borthwick down the river; finally Jade Dernbach failed to beat Christopher Barnwell's throw from deep square-leg. The few West Indies supporters in the crowd were suddenly more noticeable.”

  The Guardian: West Indies 113-5, England 88 | Twenty20 international match report

• “When he got out, caught on the square-leg boundary looking for his first six, Brown was running out of partners and needed to push on.”

  The Guardian: Ally Brown holds firm to guide Nottinghamshire into dominant position

• “In keeping with the general pattern of the game, in which has been one of batsmen getting in but failing to go on and make it count, Neil McKenzie bottom-edged an attempted pull off David Masters, Michael Lumb played some assured cover drives before being deceived by a Danish Kaneria googly, and Sean Ervine swung mindlessly to deposit the ball into the hands of square-leg.”

  The Guardian: Hampshire set sights on redemptive win over Essex

• “The umpires, well within their rights, wanted white lines painted at square-leg, where the runner would be standing, so any run-out appeal could be more easily adjudicated.”

  The Guardian: Cork revels in Hampshire blend of dad's army and youth after t20 win

• “Mahela Jayawardene had batted magnificentlyinthe early stages of the tournament buthe had started to flag recently, and having clipping Bresnan's first ball of the match over square-leg forhis only boundary he encountered Stuart Broad's first ballwhich, perfectly pitched, got thebounce that the bowler'sextra height can produce and found the edge.”

  The Guardian: Kevin Pietersen takes England past Sri Lanka into World Twenty20 final

• “There was a certain impetuosity about his play, though, and it was no surprise when he mishooked Bresnan's bouncer high to deep square-leg, where Luke Wright took an excellent catch, running in.”

  The Guardian: Kevin Pietersen takes England past Sri Lanka into World Twenty20 final

• “Then one year he shaved-off his beard, ditched his pipe and the square-leg boundary became just another piece of geography and bland modernity.”

  John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...

• “Ball watching, Mr. Watson had not sensed the reluctance of his partner to move, so that as Jonathan Trott picked up the ball at square-leg, both openers were dallying mid-pitch.”

  The Wall Street Journal: England Dominate Australia on Day One

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