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long-on
noun
- cricket
- a fielding position on the leg side near the boundary almost directly behind the bowler
- a fielder in this position
Example Sentences
Iyer, having already been dropped, flicked to short fine leg and Axar tamely punted to long-on to give Santner and Bracewell a further wicket each.
Santner had Klaasen caught at long-on in his next over and from game on in the 23rd over, it was game over in the 29th.
Kohli - the master of such chases - looked to be easing his side to victory, only to slap to Adam Zampa at long-on when 40 runs were needed from 45 balls.
England should still have won – they needed 17 from 14 balls with three wickets left – but they fell away after Jamie Overton hit to long-on for 32.
Livingstone nicked the seamer behind for nine and Bethell mis-timed a slower ball to long-on for six.
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