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- initialism cricket
leg before wicket - initialism
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Examples
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Presumably the umpire's call refers only to the mode of dismissal he has given, so then you have a problem if the LBW is the back-up option.
The Guardian World News Andy Bull 2010
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The major change is the addition of the "recent comments" and the "LBW" in the right-side bar, which we thought would be very useful.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2009
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That's five men bowled and three out LBW in this innings.
Pakistan v England: day two – live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2012
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Dibyangshu Sarkar/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images West Indies captain Darren Sammy jumped in the air to celebrate the wicket of Yuvraj Singh, who he trapped LBW for 25, Tuesday.
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He's out LBW to an inswinger, as if he was still rubbing the sleep from his eyes and easing into his day.
Pakistan v England – day one live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2012
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Pakistan are appealing for anything that has the slightest whiff of LBW about it, but with no reviews, there's not a great deal they can do about it.
Pakistan v England: day three – live! | Jacob Steinberg and Rob Smyth 2012
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Later in the over there is the first appeal of the morning - an LBW shout, briskly dismissed by umpire Bowden on the grounds that it pitched so far outside leg it was hardly onm the cut strip.
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Cricket 101 LBW: Cricket's version of soccer's offside rule i.e. the one no one understands, it would take about 1,000 words to explain in full.
Cricket Commentary Veers off Target Richard Lord 2012
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That said, the over ends with a strong LBW appeal, as Strauss is betane on the inside edge.
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A huge cry goes up for LBW against Prior, as a snaking delivery from Ajmal appears to beat him all ends up and strikes his pads.
Pakistan v England: day three – live! | Jacob Steinberg and Rob Smyth 2012
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