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Square leg
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a fielding position in cricket roughly square of the batsman on the leg side
square leg
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Example
The ball was flicked beautifully off the pads through square leg for four runs.
The captain positioned his best fielder at square leg for the spinner's next over.
The fielder at square leg was quick to cut off the boundary, saving two runs.
The batsman tried to sweep but mistimed it, hitting the ball straight to square leg.
The fielder stationed at square leg took a sharp catch.
