short leg

Noun

Meaning

(cricket) A fielding position on the leg side, square of, and close to the batsman.

(cricket) A fielder in this position.

Examples

On 4 January 2002 in Kandy Muralitharan might have finished with the best-ever figures for a single innings, but after he had claimed nine wickets against Zimbabwe Russel Arnold dropped a catch at short leg. Source: Internet

Note, this length is the length of the printed circuit board; it does not include the angled short leg of the metal bracket (which does affect e.g. packaging dimensions). Source: Internet

The usual function of the manual is to hold up a short leg on the Doctor's hat rack, though " Amy's Choice " (2010) features the Doctor revealing to have thrown it into a supernova, ostensibly due to disagreeing with it. Source: Internet

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