leg before
Adverb
Meaning
leg before (not comparable)
(cricket, colloquial) Leg before wicket.
Examples
The yellowfly is almost too small to see, but if you leave its egg in your skin, you will lose an arm or leg before it hatches - if it does not kill you.
Chase was out for 47 off 142 balls after an England review of Anderson’s leg before wicket appeal, ending his 81-run stand with Dowrich.
Nortje likes it for leg before; du Plessis fancies that he might have found an inside edge, taken by the captain on the deflection at second slip.
Opener John Campbell fell for 12 on Friday, trapped leg before by Sam Curran.
They stabbed him three times in the leg before stealing his keys before fleeing without taking the vehicle, the court heard.