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square leg

or ܲ-

noun

Cricket.
  1. the position of a fielder on the left of the batsman and almost on the opposite side of the wicket.
  2. the fielder occupying this position.


square leg

noun

  1. a fielding position on the on side approximately at right angles to the batsman
  2. a person who fields in this position
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of square leg1

First recorded in 1850–55
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He limited risks and repeatedly knocked the ball into the leg side to counter spin as Harry Brook was caught and bowled by Nabi for 25, Buttler top-edged to deep square leg and Liam Livingstone sliced a cut on 10.

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Having batted from the first over to the last, he was finally out caught at deep square leg to the first ball of the 50th over off Livingstone but the damage had been done.

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After Rohit fell, Shreyas Iyer was run out for 44, KL Rahul bounced out by Overton and Hardik Pandya caught pulling to deep square leg.

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Four balls later, Duckett was brilliantly caught by Jaiswal running back at square leg off Harshit, who then had Brook fending a short-ball down the leg side for a three-ball duck.

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He did not score a run between deep square leg and backward point during his 54 balls, instead pummelling the straight boundaries.

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