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long-off
noun
- cricket
- a fielding position on the off side near the boundary almost directly behind the bowler
- a fielder in this position
Example Sentences
Travis Head hit a match-winning 137 when these sides last met in the 2023 World Cup final and threatened again by hitting five fours and two sixes in a 33-ball 39 before chipping the second ball bowled by spinner Varun Chakravarthy to long-off.
They managed only singles from the first four balls and Rashid was caught at long-off off the penultimate delivery as England were dismissed for 317.
Skipper Jos Buttler hit seamer Hardik to mid-off in the 39th over, having eased to 34 from 35 balls, and Root was furious after placing Jadeja into the hands of long-off just as he attempted to cut loose in the 43rd.
Mitchell holed out to long-off to become Bethell's first Test wicket.
Root passed 50 for the 100th time in Test cricket and Brook could have had his third hundred in as many innings had he not holed out to long-off from Glenn Phillips.
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