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mid-wicket
noun
- the fielding position on the on side, approximately midway between square leg and mid-on
- a fielder in this position
Example Sentences
In a dramatic finale, Banton pulled Kashif Ali to the mid-wicket boundary off the penultimate ball of the day to break the record and make it a day to remember for all Somerset supporters.
When Rew, having advanced his score to 31, took on the seamer and top-edged a pull shot to deep mid-wicket, Tom Hinley contrived to drop a sitter.
The "helicopter shot", a flick-drive played over mid-wicket with a wrist-flex of the bottom hand, became the signature stroke of his batting brilliance.
England's slide to defeat began in the first over when Phil Salt, having crashed two fours, tamely top-edged a pull to mid-wicket for nine.
In between, Harry Brook, many people's favourite to take over from Buttler, offered too much air in attempting to clear mid-wicket and was brilliantly caught by the sprawling Jansen on the boundary.
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