单词 | leg before wicket |
释义 | > as lemmasleg before wicket (a) leg before wicket: a mode of dismissal in which the batter is judged to have obstructed, with the leg (or another part of the body) rather than the bat, a ball which would otherwise have hit the wicket. Used chiefly as an adverbial or adjectival phrase describing a batter's dismissal in this way. Abbreviated l.b.w.This mode of dismissal was introduced in 1774, probably to prevent batters from intentionally blocking a ball which might otherwise have hit the wicket, though by 1795 it had been extended to encompass accidental obstruction. Many slight modifications have been made to the Law since then. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > [adjective] > manner of dismissal b.1769 leg before wicket1795 lbw1843 caught and bowled1875 spreadeagled1920 1774 Laws of Cricket (Ridley) 12 Or if the striker puts his Leg before the Wicket with a Design to stop the Ball, and actually prevents the Ball from hitting his Wicket by it [he is out].] 1795 S. Britcher Compl. List Grand Matches Cricket 28 (scorecard) Beldam..35 Leg before Wicket. 1850 ‘Bat’ Cricketer's Man. (rev. ed.) 47 The hitter is given out as..‘leg before wicket’. 1946 Times of India 3 June 10/4 Hill snicked Mankad through the slips to the boundary and in the next over survived a leg-before-wicket appeal from Shinde. 1985 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 26 Jan. 10/3 Lewis..swatted at a shortish delivery from Kelvin Williams, and was plumb leg before wicket at 52 for four. 2003 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 6 Dec. 128 Justin Langer was dismissed leg before wicket 20 minutes into another rain-shortened day. < as lemmas |
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