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leg before wicket

in cricket, a batsman putting a body part in front of the wicket illegally, which can cause the batsman to be out
Class type of: dismissal Q2783829

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
sports terminology
Short name
lbw[5]
Subclass of
dismissal[2]
Sport
cricket[4]
Time of discovery or invention
1774[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en lbw en leg before wicket hi पगबाधा hu láb a kapu előtt ja レッグ・ビフォー・ウィケット ja レッグ・ビフォア・ウィケット zh 觸身出局
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
sports/leg-before-wicket
Freebase ID
/m/01q36n

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🔗 Connections
Sport 1
cricket
Subclass of 1
dismissal
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Summary

leg before wicket is a sports terminology[1].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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