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long-off

noun

  1. cricket
    1. a fielding position on the off side near the boundary almost directly behind the bowler
    2. a fielder in this position
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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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.

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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.

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Mitchell holed out to long-off to become Bethell's first Test wicket.

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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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