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midwicket
noun[ U ]
sports specializeduk /ˌmɪdˈwɪk.ɪt/ us /ˌmɪdˈwɪk.ɪt/
in cricket, a position of a fielder (= a player who tries to stop the other team from scoring by stopping or catching the ball) which is in front of the batter on the left side for a right-handed batter and on the right side for a left-handed batter, about half way to the edge of the field:
He was an athletic fielder at midwicket and saved a lot of runs.
He was dismissed by a diving one-handed catch by the midwicket fielder.
The captain moved me to midwicket to strengthen the legside field.
A flick off the legs sent the ball racing to the boundary through midwicket.
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