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Meaning of leg before wicket | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat.

not-comparable

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

leg. legalistically legally legato legendarily leggero

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