short leg

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short leg (countable and uncountable, plural short legs)

1. (cricket, uncountable) A fielding position on the leg side, square of, and close to the batsman.

   Synonym: (slang) Boot Hill

   • 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, countable) A fielder in this position.