leg before wicket

noun

cricket a manner of dismissal on the grounds that a batsman has been struck on the leg by a bowled ball that otherwise would have hit the wicket Abbreviation: lbw

Words nearby leg before wicket

leftward, leftwards, lefty, leg, leg art, leg before wicket, leg break, leg bye, leg drop, leg hit, leg rope

Example sentences from the Web for leg before wicket

  • Indeed it was leg-before-wicket, as the poor man felt when he was assisted back to his tent.

    The Fixed Period |Anthony Trollope

  • It was two hours before Jack had sorely lamed him in the hip, and the umpire had given it leg-before-wicket.

    The Fixed Period |Anthony Trollope