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Rareleg before wicket
The correct spelling is leg before wicket.
How to pronounce leg before wicket
noun
Say it like: Leg- be-for-e w-ike-t
The correct spelling is leg before wicket. An instance of a batsman being out due to the leg before wicket law.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.An instance of a batsman being out due to the leg before wicket law.
adverb
- 1.Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat.
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