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mid-wicket
noun
- the fielding position on the on side, approximately midway between square leg and mid-on
- a fielder in this position
Example Sentences
The "helicopter shot", a flick-drive played over mid-wicket with a wrist-flex of the bottom hand, became the signature stroke of his batting brilliance.
England's slide to defeat began in the first over when Phil Salt, having crashed two fours, tamely top-edged a pull to mid-wicket for nine.
In between, Harry Brook, many people's favourite to take over from Buttler, offered too much air in attempting to clear mid-wicket and was brilliantly caught by the sprawling Jansen on the boundary.
When Livingstone pulled up in the field, Root was left to bowl the 47th over and his first delivery was flogged over mid-wicket for six by Nabi, the next parried over the rope by Salt for another before a shoddy misfield from Duckett let through four more as England wilted.
When Root went lbw to Adam Zampa, Harry Brook sliced the leg-spinner for backward point for three and captain Jos Buttler slog swept to deep mid-wicket for 23, Duckett dug in to ensure England's innings did not fall away.
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