leg siden.
/ˌlɛɡ ˈsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈlɛɡ ˈsaɪd/ Cricket.
The side of the playing area on the left-hand side of a right-handed batter facing a bowler, as opposed to the off side (offside n.1 3); the equivalent region to the right of a left-handed batter. Also called on-side (on-side n.). Cf. leg n. 23.
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leg side?1801
offside1816
leg1833
on-side1833
off1836
on1836
long on1843
long off1854
?1801 T. Boxall Rules & Instr. Cricket 39 If the ball is bowled, the leg side of the stumps, three or four inches wide, then the hitter should move his right foot back, and play the ball between himself and the stumps.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 24 July 5/2 His placing on the leg side, especially off Giffen, was extremely fine, and gave him several boundaries.
1952 Times 22 Jan. 7/5 The ball pitched in the rough on the leg-side and swung on to the wicket.
1969 P. Pocock Bowling i. 19 The majority of seam bowlers swung the ball away from the batsman, using six fielders on the offside and three on the leg side.
2013 Cricketer May 78/4 It is easier to step across from an open stance to play the same stroke than it is to open a closed stance mid-stroke to play through the leg-side.
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attributive, with the sense ‘directed towards the leg side; on the leg side’.
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1868 Sporting Gaz. 27 June 575/1 He steps back and plays the leg-side balls just as members of that University do.
1897 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 28 Sept. 3/6 Clarke put Bull to the leg side boundary.
1925 D. J. Knight in Country Life 15 Aug. 244/1 Leg-side shots. They are the glides,..the mow and the pull.
1956 N. Cardus Close of Play 26 No opposing captain dreamed of setting a close leg-side field for him.
1991 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 32/1 It took a brilliant piece of leg-side stumping by Jack Russell..to remove Jones.
2000 Times 3 Aug. i. 34/5 They were gifted seven leg-side wides from the first three balls.
2007 Wisden Cricketer July 77/2 One of Bill's leg-side swipes was thin-edged to Godfrey Evans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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