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leg bye
noun[ C ]
sports specializeduk /ˈleɡ ˌbaɪ/ us /ˈleɡ ˌbaɪ/
in cricket, a point given to the team batting (= trying to hit the ball) if the batter manages to run to the other end of the wicket (= the length of ground between the two sets of sticks) after the ball hits their leg but not their bat:
He took a big swing at the ball and missed but they were able to run through for a leg bye.
Extras included four wides, eleven leg byes, and two byes.
The umpire signalled a leg bye.
The batter thought that she had hit the ball but the run was given as a leg bye.
If the batsmen complete a run after it hits their chest, for example, that still counts as a leg bye.
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