Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cricket: A player who fields near to the batsman on the leg side.
- noun The position of such a player in the field.
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Examples
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All subjects wore a short-leg cast for six to eight weeks after surgery.
A Possible New Weapon to Battle Brain Tumors Ann Lukits 2011
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That voracious leg-trap had Wilf himself as choreographer at forward short-leg organising the bristlingly athletic Monmouthites Allan Watkins and Phil Clift.
Madcap Wilf Wooller created my Glamorgan angst | Frank Keating 2011
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I imagine there was a short-leg for the life of me I cannot remember but that apart it was a lonely place, the non-striker the nearest point of human contact.
Never in my life had I faced a bowler as swift as Michael Holding | Mike Selvey 2011
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Stevens and James Goodman then put on 71 before Cosker broke the partnership by bowling Goodman and tempted Neil Saker to prod to short-leg. Owen wrapped things up by bowling Stevens minutes before the rain came.
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A couple of years later I was fielding at short-leg to a left‑arm seamer with a weakness for bowling leg-stump, long hops.
Mohinder Amarnath's bravery for India was a lesson for the cricket world | Rob Bagchi 2011
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"Pup" played well, England abandoning their tactic of browbeating him with Stuart Broad short balls, with Graeme Swann at short-leg, after a couple of overs.
Ricky Ponting proves his appetite to remain Australia's top dog David Hopps at The Oval 2010
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I witnessed at first hand what must be the most devastating spell in Test history, his extraordinary seven-for-one-run spell in Perth that destroyed Australia in 1993 (the single run a dribbly bat-pad past short-leg), and it was the relentless nature of it rather than cricket ball acrobatics that did the job.
Believe the hype – Steven Finn is a raw talent to get excited about 2010
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Stuart Broad's rearing delivery to have Michael Clarke caught at short-leg was the highlight of his four for 44.
Ricky Ponting prickly as England threaten to seize bragging rights David Hopps at Sophia Gardens 2010
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Strauss brought in Swann to hover at short-leg, a brave decision, and three balls later another bouncer took his glove and lobbed in the air.
Stuart Broad sets England on way to second victory over Australia Mike Selvey at Sophia Gardens 2010
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Another one I can remember is that of Mark Waugh at backward short-leg in the Chennai Test of that great series in 2001 off Harbhajan's bowling.
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