short leg

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Noun

short leg (plural short legs)

1. (cricket) A fielding position on the leg side, square of, and close to the batsman.
   • 1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 148:

     When he dismissed Keith Miller, caught at short leg off a lifter, I turned round to Tony Lock[.]

2. (cricket) A fielder in this position.