10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SQUARE LEG»
Discover the use of
square leg in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
square leg and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Point is located on the opposite side of the batsman from the square leg umpire,
cover point to the right hand side of point, extra cover farther to the right of cover
point, and cover farther right still. Short extra cover is on the same line as extra ...
rate well up, the proper hit is in front of the wicket or to square-leg, and with a
vertical, not a horizontal bat. In this hit, how far to throw out the left leg depends
on the length of the ball ; the batsman may even sometimes have to draw it back
a ...
a.g. steel and hon r. h. lyttelton, 1888
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Passing Through: My Life as a Part of Boysen Family
Gully, at Square leg, Deep Square Leg, Deep Backward Square Leg, or at one of
the Silly positions. Fielding at Square Leg, Deep Backward Square Leg, or one of
the Silly positions could be especially terrifying if there was a strong batsman ...
Richard Boysen, calibre (0.9.19) [http://calibre-ebook.com], 2013
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The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes
rate well up, the proper hit is in front of the wicket or to square-leg, and with a
vertical, nota horizontal bat. In this hit, how far to throw out the left leg depends on
the length of the ball ; the batsman may even sometimes have to draw it backa
little ...
5
New Zealand's Jubilee 1890 The First Fifty Years of Our History
The Newcastle player took the strike from Rees, who trundled from the brewery
end. Off the third ball McClinchy scored 1. Lusk started the bowling at the other
end, and McClinchy scored 2 off the first ball by a forward square-leg hit. Cottam
...
The New Zealand Herald, 1890
6
Teach Yourself Fielding
Short Fine Leg It is yet another in-field position which is situated between the
short third-man and backward square leg. Usually, very rare strokes are played
by the batsman at this end and hence, the poor fielders may also positioned at
this ...
There is no hit that can be made harder than this to square-leg, and there have
been many records of gigantic square-leg hits. Some hitters have sent the ball as
far by the lofty smack straight over the.bowler's head, but more batsmen can ...
Allan Gibson Steel, Robert Henry Lyttelton (Hon.), 1889
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The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
But I should like to ask what over, or twenty overs, could show such cricket as that
we used to see at Lords in the course of a few balls, when perhaps two dead
shooters were played, followed by a cut for four and a square-leg hit for six ?
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The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes
And if he accomplish his heart's desire, and the ball flies to square-leg as a stone
from a sling, the batsman will have effected two strokes, the ' hook ' and the leg-
hit, in one ; for is it not written in the book of the chronicles of cricket, by one W. G.
...
10
Wisden Dictionary of Cricket
... leg-side fielding position (or the player occupying it) roughly in a line with the
batsman's wicket and usually close enough in to save the single; if closer to the
boundary it becomes deep square leg. It is one of the 'standard' positions shown
in ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SQUARE LEG»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
square leg is used in the context of the following news items.
Bangladesh Vs South Africa Live Score (TEST)
Full on the pads, Rahim flicks it to square leg but finds the fielder again. 41.3 ... Full and down the leg side, Vilas dives to his left and makes a half-stop. «Firstpost, Jul 15»
USA clinch spot in World T20 Qualifier
Shahid ran 30 yards from long leg to pull off a diving one-handed catch at deep square leg. "When the ball went up in the air, the wind was blowing pretty hard," ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, May 15»
World Cup 2015: Struggling MS Dhoni seeks Ravi Shastri's help
After a session in the nets, Dhoni came walking down to the square leg area, where Shastri was sitting in a chair. The two were seen immersed in a discussion, ... «The Indian Express, Feb 15»
