leg before wicket

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
leg before wicket (also leg before)

▶adverb & adjective Cricket (of a batsman) adjudged to be out through obstructing the ball with the leg (or other part of the body) when the ball would otherwise have hit the wicket.

'leg before wicket' also found in these Oxford entries:

lbw

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