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[Little Bit] of [Wee]
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(of a batsman) adjudged by the umpire to be out through obstructing the ball with the leg (or other part of the body) rather than the bat, when the ball would otherwise have hit the wicket.
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LBW in Cricket. Short for leg-before-wicket. A batsman can be called out if any part of his body, clothing or equipment intercepts, a ball that would have hit the wicket, providing the ball pitched, or would have pitched, in a straight line between the wicket - even above the bails.
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