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Short-leg – Substitute

Short-leg

A fieldsman on the on-side, nearly square with the batsman or behind him but close to him.

A fieldsman behind the batsman, on the off-side, and close to him.

Applied to point, mid-on, and mid-off, when they stand dangerously near to the striker.

A ball hit very high into the air.

To hit hard and indiscriminately.

Sneaks.-[See DAISY-CUTTER.]

To hit the ball with the edge of the bat instead of the face of it.

Two scores of o, made in the same match by the same batsman.

An acceleration of rotary movement acquired by the ball after touching the ground.

A colloquial term for the stumps.

- To play the ball with the bat perpendicular or nearly so, presenting full front to attack.

One of the wickets.

Stump out. To get the batsman out under LAW 23.

Under certain conditions [See LAWS 37 and 40] a batsman or fieldsman may have a man to represent him.