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The legside is the side of the field to the left of a right handed batsman and the right of a left handed batsman.
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Immediately he looks better balanced, less inclined to see everything in terms of the legside.
Kevin Pietersen falls to familiar weapon on return for Surrey 2011
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If England got off to a flyer when Amir sent the first delivery way down the legside for five wides, then he and Asif soon renewed their interrogation of the techniques and temperament of the openers.
Pakistan plan of attack frustrated as rain ruins day against England 2010
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Eventually Collingwood, unable to maintain his puritan self-denial any longer, aimed a mighty legside heave at Shakib Al Hasan and top-edged a catch to the substitute wicketkeeper, Junaid Siddique, to bring to a close a colourless 33 that contained a single boundary to help illuminate the proceedings.
Ian Bell helps England stroll past Bangladesh at Trent Bridge Mike Selvey at Trent Bridge 2010
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But they can look and learn from the manner in which Cook reined himself in outside off-stump, where the temptation always lurked and instead just worked the legside, from Kevin Pietersen's urgency in his 43 and similar discipline outside offstump, and from Bell's studied elegance and sound judgment.
The Ashes 2010: Peter Siddle hat-trick gives England a bloody nose Mike Selvey at The Gabba 2010
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Akmal then paddles a very easy single into a huge gap on the legside off the fifth ball.
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Leg theory, bowling to a legside field, had been around since the turn of that century and was perfected in particular by the Derbyshire inswing bowler Fred Root.
How Bob Wyatt's revelations blow a raspberry at history of bodyline 2010
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Liam Plunkett came into the attack for Woakes and in his first over Dhawan, still trying to get the measure of the change in pace, heaved at a short delivery and was caught down the legside by Steve Davies, the keeper diving to his right.
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Lyth's streakiest moment came on 42 when he got in a tangle whipping Piolet to the legside and a leading edge fell impossibly slowly into an unpatrolled area at mid off.
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The next one is so short and legside it's called a wide.
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